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American Political Science Review (2003), 97 : 603-620 Cambridge University Press
Copyright © 2003 by the American Political Science Association
doi:10.1017/S000305540300090X (About doi)
Published online by Cambridge University Press 29 Dec 2003
 
American Political Science Review (2003), 97:4:603-620 American Political Science Association
Copyright © 2003 by the American Political Science Association
doi:10.1017/S000305540300090X

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Security and the Political Economy of International Migration

CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH a1c1
a1 University of California, Los Angeles

Abstract

How does migration affect the security of advanced industrial states, and how does the security environment shape the way states deal with international migration? Migration rests at the nexus of three dimensions of security, including geopolitical interests, material production, and internal security. I argue that migration policy is an integral instrument of state grand strategy in this context, and that examining levels of threat on each facet of security at a given point in time can largely explain variation in policy. I test a series of hypotheses drawn from this security framework using a case-study method that examines policy development in four advanced industrial states, including the United States, Germany, France, and Great Britain in the period 1945–present.


Correspondence:
c1 Lecturer and Faculty Fellow Researcher, Department of Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles, 4262 Bunche Hall, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1472 (crudolph@polisci.ucla.edu).

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