Critique internationale
Presses de Sc. Po.

I.S.B.N.2724630564
236 pages

p. 55 à 77
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no 32 2006/3

Une nation sur mesure : la politique d’immigration dans la formation des États-Unis

Aristide R. zolberg
W hether decided by the federal government – as is the case today – or the Confederate states – as before the Civil War –, U.S. immigration policy has been one of the main tools used to shape the nation. Since the late 19th century, it has given rise to two heterogeneous coalitions with respect to the left-right cleavage in a space defined by two perpendicular axes, one corresponding to the field of political economy, the other to political culture, construed in its identitarian dimension. The first is primarily composed of the major employers of labor and recently immigrated communities, whereas the second until recently drew together trade unions and champions of the cultural status quo. Despite the security-minded orientation taken since 9/11, the restrictionist camp has so far failed to impose a policy shift similar to the 1920s legislation, and is unlikely to succeed in the near future.
• L’époque de la fondation
• La vision de Tocqueville
• Une restriction institutionnalisée
• La politique des trois portails
• À nouveau une nation d’immigrants ?
• L’impact du 11 septembre 2001


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