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Complexity reduction and policy consensus : asylum seekers, the right to work, and the 'pull factor thesis in the UK context
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Mayblin, Lucy (2016) Complexity reduction and policy consensus : asylum seekers, the right to work, and the 'pull factor thesis in the UK context. The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 18 (4). pp. 812-828. doi:10.1177/1369148116656986 ISSN 1467-856X.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1369148116656986
Abstract
Since the early 2000s, asylum policy in Western states has become increasingly dominated by the concept of the ‘pull factor’—the idea that the economic rights afforded to asylum seekers can act as a migratory pull, and will have a bearing on the numbers of asylum applications received. The pull factor thesis has been widely discredited by researchers but remains powerful among policymakers. Through an analysis of the pull factor in the UK context, and drawing on insights from Cultural Political Economy, this article argues that the hegemony of the pull factor thesis is best understood as a ‘policy imaginary’ which has become sedimented through both discursive and extra-discursive practices and processes. The article offers a means of understanding how a common sense assumption—which is challenged by a large body of evidence—has come to dominate policymaking in a key area of concern for politicians and policymakers.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Political refugees -- Government policy -- Great Britain, Emigration and immigration - Great Britain | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | The British Journal of Politics and International Relations | ||||||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd | ||||||||
ISSN: | 1467-856X | ||||||||
Official Date: | 1 November 2016 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 18 | ||||||||
Number: | 4 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 812-828 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1177/1369148116656986 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 6 October 2016 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 6 October 2016 |
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