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Book SynopsisWelfare States and Immigrant Rights deals with the impact of welfare states on immigrants'' social rights, economic well-being and social inclusion, and it offers the first systematic comparison of immigrants'' social rights across welfare states. To study immigrants'' social rights the author develops an analytical framework that focuses on the interplay between 1) the type of welfare state regime, 2) forms of entry, or entry categories, and 3) the incorporation regime regulating the inclusion or exclusion of immigrants. The book maps out the development of immigrants'' social rights from the early postwar period until around 2010 in six countries representing different welfare state regimes: the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Sweden, and Denmark. Part I addresses three major issues. The first is how inclusive or exclusionary welfare state policies are in relation to immigrants, and especially how the type of welfare state and incorporation regime affect their soc
Trade ReviewA welcome, innovative addition to the literature ... Drawing on both welfare-state and international-migration literature, this is an essential read for scholars with an interest in political science and migration studies. * Sarah Hackett, Times Higher Education *
A grounding and impressive study. Both welfare state and immigration scholars will find much important material in this book. * Sofia A. Perez, ILR Review *
Table of ContentsPART I: IMMIGRANTS' SOCIAL RIGHTS IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE; PART II: THE POLITICS OF INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION
