Middle class nation building through immigration?
This special issue examines the increase in scale and intensity of merit-based (im)migration policies as a means to revive aging populations and boost national economies in countries around the world. It proposes the idea of 'middle class nation building through immigration' to characterize this phe...
| Published in: | Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies Vol. 50; no. 7; pp. 1627 - 1657 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Apr2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=176449976&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 176449976 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 1369183X 56F jtl: Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies issn: 1369183X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Apr2024 vid: 50 iid: 7 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 176449976 10.1080/1369183X.2024.2315348 ppf: 1627 ppct: 30 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 2.1MB tig: atl: Middle class nation building through immigration? aug: au: Winter, Elke affil: School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada su: Nation building Emigration & immigration Middle class Polarization (Social sciences) Democracy sug: subj: Nation building Emigration & immigration Middle class Polarization (Social sciences) Democracy keyword: integration middle class Migration multiculturalism nation building ab: This special issue examines the increase in scale and intensity of merit-based (im)migration policies as a means to revive aging populations and boost national economies in countries around the world. It proposes the idea of 'middle class nation building through immigration' to characterize this phenomenon, to relate it to previous versions of nation building and (im)migration policies, and to highlight the puzzle of middle class (im)migration at times of increasing socio-political polarization in receiving societies. In this foundational introduction, I define the three concepts at stake, situate them within their respective bodies of literature, and address the following three questions: How to characterize the type of nation building at stake in today's democracies? Who gets to belong to the new educated middle class? Can we still speak of immigration or do we, instead, observe an end of settlement policies? This allows me to sketch-out the contours of 'middle class nation building through immigration' as an ideal-type: a heuristic theoretical construct (not to be found empirically in its pure form) that kindles our imagination, allows us to examine empirical cases, and invites debate. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies holder: Taylor & Francis Ltd dt: @attributes: year: 2024 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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