LEADER 03647cam a2200433 a 4500001 247895 005 20240621200325.0 008 151214s1996 caua b 001 0 eng 010 95023066 020 0804724857 |q(Cloth : alkaline paper) 020 9780804724852 |q(Cloth : alkaline paper) 035 (OCoLC)ocm32665889 035 247895 043 n-us--- 049 LHMA 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dNLGGC |dBTCTA |dBAKER |dYDXCP |dUKV3G |dOCLCG |dUBC |dZWZ |dZCU |dOCLCQ |dPL# |dI5B |dOCLCQ |dBDX |dGBVCP |dOCLCO |dOCLCF |dOCLCQ |dOCLCO |dLHM 050 00 JV6483 |b.F58 1996 100 1 Fitzgerald, Keith A., |d1956- 245 14 The face of the nation : |bimmigration, the state, and the national identity / |cKeith Fitzgerald. 264 1 Stanford, Calif. : |bStanford University Press, |c1996. 300 285 pages : |billustrations ; |c24 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-274) and index. 520 This innovative work provides both a historical account of the crazy-quilt of legislation dealing with immigration that Congress has passed over the years and a theoretical explanation, building on the "new institutionalism," of how these laws came to be passed. The author shows why immigration is a uniquely revealing policy arena in which a polity chooses what it will be, a collective decision that shapes a nation's identity and defines itself. The book focuses on three aspects of immigration policy: the regulation of admission to the United States for permanent residency, the regulation of admission of people fleeing political repression, and the efforts to cope with the flow of unsanctioned migrants across the U.S.-Mexico border. It identifies the most puzzling features of contemporary immigration policy, asking, Where do these policies come from? Why do they have their special characteristics? The author seeks the answers in modern theories of public policy formation, especially the currently popular new institutionalism. He offers an enhanced version of this approach, which he calls "improvisational institutionalism," and applies it to the paradoxes of immigration policy. 505 00 |g1. |tIntroduction -- |g2. |tPuzzle Immigration Policy and Theories of Policymaking -- |g3. |tInstitutions, Policymaking, and Immigration Policy -- |g4. |tDevelopment and Expansion of a Sectoral State: Federal Immigrations Policy, 1879-1924 -- |g5. |tArticulation of a Sectoral State: Immigration Policy, 1924-41 -- |g6. |tRedefinition of the State: Immigration Policy During and After World War II, 1941-52 -- |g7. |tEstablishing the Boundaries for the Contemporary Era, 1951-65 -- |g8. |tConclusions: Immigration, the State, and the National Identity. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 651 0 United States |xEmigration and immigration |xGovernment policy |xHistory. 651 0 United States |xEmigration and immigration |xHistory. 650 0 Policy sciences. 650 7 Emigration and immigration. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00908690 650 7 Emigration and immigration |xGovernment policy. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00908700 650 7 Policy sciences. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01068796 651 7 United States. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204155 856 42 |3Table of contents |uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0709/95023066.html 856 42 |3Table of contents |uhttp://www.gbv.de/dms/hbz/toc/ht007326326.pdf 856 42 |3Publisher description |uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam027/95023066.html 852 0 |bstacks |hJV6483 |i.F58 1996