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The Power and Morals of Policy Makers: Reassessing the Control Gap Debate1

The Power and Morals of Policy Makers: Reassessing the Control Gap Debate1 For more than 15 years, there has been a lively debate among migration scholars in Europe and North America about how to explain “why liberal states accept unwanted migration.” This paper assesses existent hypotheses in the “most-likely” case of the making of Dutch family migration policies. This empirical test raises serious doubts as to the validity of the broadly shared assumption that national policy makers have lost the power to regulate migration flows. Accounts that focus on the mechanisms of domestic politics do yield valuable insights, but fail to capture the crucial role of immaterial values in the decision-making process. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Migration Review SAGE

The Power and Morals of Policy Makers: Reassessing the Control Gap Debate1

International Migration Review , Volume 45 (1): 34 – Mar 1, 2011

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Publisher
SAGE
Copyright
© 2011 Center for Migration Studies
ISSN
0197-9183
eISSN
1747-7379
DOI
10.1111/j.1747-7379.2010.00840.x
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Abstract

For more than 15 years, there has been a lively debate among migration scholars in Europe and North America about how to explain “why liberal states accept unwanted migration.” This paper assesses existent hypotheses in the “most-likely” case of the making of Dutch family migration policies. This empirical test raises serious doubts as to the validity of the broadly shared assumption that national policy makers have lost the power to regulate migration flows. Accounts that focus on the mechanisms of domestic politics do yield valuable insights, but fail to capture the crucial role of immaterial values in the decision-making process.

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International Migration ReviewSAGE

Published: Mar 1, 2011

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