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Do amnesty programs encourage illegal immigration? Evidence from the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) [PDF]

This paper examines whether allowing certain undocumented immigrants to legalize their status leads to additional illegal immigration. The authors focus on the effects of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act, which granted amnesty to over three ...
Madeline Zavodny, Pia M. Orrenius
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PARTY‐STATE URBANISM: Coevolution of Local State Capacity and Strategic Alliances in Shenzhen

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract What is distinct about Chinese urban governance? Classic theories predict that when the central state retreats from resource allocation, capacity‐strained local governments must form alliances with non‐state actors, thereby diluting state power. In China, however, state power remains dominant despite decentralization.
Yunhan Wen
wiley   +1 more source

Child in exile

Problemy Wczesnej Edukacji, 2016
Migration, as a global phenomenon has a long history also in the Slovak Republic. Most of the migrants come, or are passing through its territory legally. There are still cases of illegal migration, too.
Monika Mačkinová, Agnieszka Nowicka
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SUBALTERN CONDITIONS OF RENTAL ‘UNFREEDOMS’: Northeastern Migrant Women's Experiences of Gendered and Racialized Housing Violence in Bengaluru, India

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how socio‐political constructions of rental markets create housing vulnerabilities for subaltern renters. Going beyond the typical focus on occupancy claims in slums, I study rent and racialization in Indian cities through the experiences of Northeastern migrant women living in Bengaluru.
Meghna Mohandas
wiley   +1 more source

Why stop there? Mexican migration to the U.S. border region [PDF]

The transformation of the U.S. border economy since the 1980s provides a fascinating backdrop to explore how migration to the U.S-side of the Mexican border has changed vis-a-vis migration to the U.S. interior.
Madeline Zavodny, Pia M. Orrenius, Leslie Lukens   +2 more
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EVICT, NEGLECT, OR INVEST? Community Power and the Politics of Urban Informality Governance in Jakarta

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Why do some informal neighborhoods receive public investment while others are neglected or evicted? This article addresses the inconsistent governmental responses to informal settlements in Jakarta, Indonesia, during the democratic period. State actions range from violent evictions to tolerance and community‐led improvements.
Kadek Wara Urwasi
wiley   +1 more source

MIRACLE URBANIZATION: Spatial Production and Political Legitimation in the Sochi 2014 and Beijing 2022 Olympics

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract From desert ski resorts to subtropical Winter Games, there is a global proliferation of ‘mission‐impossible’ mega‐projects. The prevailing frameworks of city branding and urban entrepreneurism fail to explain the political logics behind these seemingly irrational projects.
Yiqiu Liu, Sven Daniel Wolfe
wiley   +1 more source

Irregular Migration and Asylum Seekers in the Caribbean [PDF]

migration, irregular migration, Caribbean population ...
Thomas-Hope, Elizabeth
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DIFFERENTIATED INFRASTRUCTURAL CITIZENSHIP: Claims‐Making and the Limits to Transformative Urbanization in a Fast‐Growing Small City

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article develops the concept of differentiated infrastructural citizenship (DIC) to explain how infrastructural citizenship is materially mediated, socially differentiated, and unevenly exercised in a rapidly urbanizing small city. It advances scholarship on infrastructural citizenship and everyday claims‐making as political participation
Nidhi Subramanyam
wiley   +1 more source

Human Smuggling [PDF]

Despite its importance in global illegal migration, there is little, and mostly theoretical research on human smuggling. We suggest an analytical framework to understand the micro structure of the human smuggling market.
Guriev, Sergei, Friebel, Guido
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