Papers by Anthony Messina
The Politics of Migration to Western Europe: Ireland in Comparative Perspective This article loca... more The Politics of Migration to Western Europe: Ireland in Comparative Perspective This article locates Ireland's relatively recent experience with mass immigration within a comparative West European context. It poses two questions: To what degree has Ireland become a "normal" country of immigration? What does the Irish case reveal about the contemporary politics of migration to Western Europe? The article's main finding is that Ireland's experience with mass immigration since the 1990s appears to be following a political trajectory similar to that of the traditional immigration-receiving states, despite being removed from the latter by as many as four decades. This said, the evidence suggests that some of the policy challenges precipitated by mass immigrant settlement may be currently arriving earlier in time than previously.
Few phenomena have been more disruptive to West European politics and society than the accumulati... more Few phenomena have been more disruptive to West European politics and society than the accumulative experience of post-WWII immigration. Against this backdrop spring two questions: Why have the immigrant-receiving states historically permitted high levels of immigration? To what degree can the social and political fallout precipitated by immigration be politically managed? Utilizing evidence from a variety of sources, this study explores the links between immigration and the surge of popular support for anti-immigrant groups; its implications for state sovereignty; its elevation to the policy agenda of the European Union; and its domestic legacies. It argues that post-WWII migration is primarily an interest-driven phenomenon that has historically served the macroeconomic and political interests of the receiving countries. Moreover, it is the role of politics in adjudicating the claims presented by domestic economic actors, foreign policy commitments, and humanitarian norms that creates a permissive environment for significant migration to Western Europe.
Perspectives on Politics, Mar 1, 2023
Cambridge University Press eBooks, Jun 15, 2012
Page 1. THE LOGICS AND POLITICS OF POST-WWII MIGRATION TO WESTERN EUROPE Anthony M. Messina CAMHK... more Page 1. THE LOGICS AND POLITICS OF POST-WWII MIGRATION TO WESTERN EUROPE Anthony M. Messina CAMHKMKiF, Page 2. 1 Introduction Immigration and State Sovereignty Theoretically,...sovereignty is nowhere ...
Cambridge University Press eBooks, Jun 4, 2007
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, 2014
Law plays a complex political role in global governance, being a key framework through which idea... more Law plays a complex political role in global governance, being a key framework through which ideas, institutions and interests engage, are captured and legitimized. Critical strands in legal scholarship have 'problematized' the supposed neutrality of international law and the narrowness of the 'universal' values underpinning it, highlighting its contingent nature and the changing relationship between these three elements over time. Consideration of the legal dimension of the European Union's (EU) role in global governance, as an international actor mandated to act according to identified values, with law identified as both a means and an end in this endeavour, offers a unique opportunity to explore the legal dimension to the EU's approach and reflect on the key role that law plays within this. The central question of this book-how, and to what extent can the EU shape the legal structures and substance of global governance in line with its rule of law based mission statement?-is insightfully addressed by legal scholars in contributions organized under six sections on the areas of global governance, security, trade, the environment, international finance and some social issues (migration and labour rights). In the book's concluding chapter, the editors propose that the EU's 'governance mode of foreign policy' (a conceptual insight proposed by De Búrca in her chapter of that title, which describes the EU's tendency to act collectively and establish and institutionalize stable external governance systems on a wide range of issue areas) is 'vindicated'. This conclusion perhaps overlooks the implications of reflections raised by some contributors such as De Búrca, Wu and Durán on aspects of the EU's interpretation and progression of the principles and objectives of its mission statement contained in Articles 3(5) and 21 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU). They highlight a perceived dissonance between, for example, values such as 'equality' and 'solidarity' and the EU's approach to partnership, multilateralism and the development of developing countries, and the EU's efforts to promote its own rules and interests within certain sectors. More critical exploration of these tensions would prompt further consideration of the particular approach of the EU to its norm laden, law-focused mandate; how this shapes, facilitates or masks the exertion of influence and power within global governance arenas; and the significance and role of law to the resulting policy outcomes. This comprehensive work makes an important and timely contribution to a growing field of research. Both international relations and legal scholars will find this book very useful due to the breadth of the subject material considered and the accessible way in which this has been presented and woven together. Its structure makes it amenable to use both as a reference and as a teaching resource.
Europe's Contending Identities
International Migration Review, 2004
Current world leaders, 1995
"This essay identifies and analyzes the four most important impacts of postwar migration... more "This essay identifies and analyzes the four most important impacts of postwar migration to Western Europe. First, early postwar immigration facilitated the rapid and sustained expansion of the domestic economy. Second, it eventually precipitated major changes in domestic immigration and citizenship regimes. Third, the influx of millions of immigrants, refugees, asylees, and migrant workers profoundly and permanently altered the social and cultural bases of West European societies. And finally, postwar immigration exacerbated the social tensions that helped to undermine the consensual foundations of the postwar political order."
American Journal of Sociology, 1999
Boix states that “most scholars—as well as many voters—question whether electoral politics and po... more Boix states that “most scholars—as well as many voters—question whether electoral politics and political parties have any significant impact on public policy, especially policies that are concerned with economic growth and full employment” (p. 2). To demonstrate that parties have a key impact on economic policy, he divides his book into two parts. In part 1, he develops the theoretical approaches of conservative and social democratic parties using the supply-side economics of human capital, investment, and taxes and then tests some of these propositions against data in 20 countries. In part 2, Boix develops case studies of the social democratic project of the government in Spain and the conservative strategy of the Thatcher regime in the United Kingdom. The two approaches are largely parallel in demonstrating his claim that parties matter more than “most scholars” think they do. In the theoretical core of the second chapter, Boix graphs the distribution of skills, from unskilled to very skilled, and the percentage distribution of the population. In spite of an occasionally confusing introduction, Boix does effectively delineate the growth strategies of conservatives and social democratic regimes. The conservative strategy is to lower the social wage (unemployment compensation) in line with the declining skill levels of the unemployed and to keep taxes low on the highly skilled in order to promote private investment. The social democratic strategy is to raise the skills and increase the wages of the unemployed through public investment in education and training but at the same time to raise taxes and reduce the incomes of the most highly skilled. Both strategies can be successful in producing economic growth, but each one encounters its own stresses and pitfalls. Boix then connects the lower half of the skill and income spectrum with the social democratic voters and the higher half with the conservative voters. The battle is over the volatility at the center, especially when economic shocks disrupt the economy. Centrifugal pressures also exist at the extremes with low-income voters being attracted to protectionist or radical parties on the left and higher-income voters taking up with libertarian parties on the right. In his empirical tests, Boix shows that socialist governments increase the money spent over GDP on education, active labor market policies, and gross fixed capital investment. Socialist governments tend to increase the tax rates on high-income people but avoid privatization of government industries. Using conservative party power with tax reductions and privatizations would presumably produce opposite results. This all helps
Race And British Electoral Politics, 2004
Page 78. CHAPTER THREE Ethnic minorities and the British party system in the 1990s and beyond Ant... more Page 78. CHAPTER THREE Ethnic minorities and the British party system in the 1990s and beyond Anthony M. Messina INTRODUCTION The central purpose of this chapter is to revisit the theme of the repre-sentation of ethnic ...
Información del artículo Economic Considerations. Introduction.
Información del artículo Politics of Resentment. Introduction.
Handbook on Migration and Social Policy
The American Political Science Review, 1996
Systems of Systems In recent decades, the systems designed in the fields of banking, health, tran... more Systems of Systems In recent decades, the systems designed in the fields of banking, health, transportation, space, aeronautics, defense, etc. have been becoming increasingly larger. With the growing maturity of information and communication technologies, systems have been ...
Our editorship of APSA-CP, which began in fall 2002, ends with this issue. Our second four-year c... more Our editorship of APSA-CP, which began in fall 2002, ends with this issue. Our second four-year contract has expired, and we are both eager to move on to other projects. Nevertheless, we are grateful to the Section for having entrusted the editorship to us for such a long period. We hope we have provided a useful service to our readers. Serving as editors has definitely been beneficial to us personally, as well as to our department and university.
Series from publisher's information"This paper was presented at the Inter-University Sem... more Series from publisher's information"This paper was presented at the Inter-University Seminar on the Future of International Migration. March 2, 1987 Center for International Studies, M.I.T."Includes bibliographical references (leaves 26-30
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