Protecting Immigrant Rights in Mexico: Understanding the State-Civil Society Nexus

The state-civil society relationship to migration policy is an area both largely unexplored and little understood in current scholarly literature. Laura González-Murphy offers a timely analysis of the changing role played by civil society in the formulation and implementation of government policies in general and migration policy in particular.

Using Mexico as her primary case study because of the recent impact of immigrants on its legislation and the historical evolution of its institutions, González-Murphy details the ways that civil society has become a participant in immigration policy changes, including Mexico’s new migration law. Mexico’s experience is also closely compared with countries presently experiencing similar immigration and political dynamics, such as Spain and Italy. The extensive interviews with Mexican civil society actors and government officials that González-Murphy has conducted during the last few years enable her thorough understanding of the state-civil society relationship in Mexico. The book closes with an examination of what the Mexican experience contributes to our understanding of the actors, processes, issues, and obstacles involved in migration policy development.

Protecting Immigrant Rights in Mexico will offer scholars as well as policy makers and civil society actors a greater understanding of the domestic and international political issues and constraints that shape immigration policy making and its implementation.

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Protecting Immigrant Rights in Mexico: Understanding the State-Civil Society Nexus

The state-civil society relationship to migration policy is an area both largely unexplored and little understood in current scholarly literature. Laura González-Murphy offers a timely analysis of the changing role played by civil society in the formulation and implementation of government policies in general and migration policy in particular.

Using Mexico as her primary case study because of the recent impact of immigrants on its legislation and the historical evolution of its institutions, González-Murphy details the ways that civil society has become a participant in immigration policy changes, including Mexico’s new migration law. Mexico’s experience is also closely compared with countries presently experiencing similar immigration and political dynamics, such as Spain and Italy. The extensive interviews with Mexican civil society actors and government officials that González-Murphy has conducted during the last few years enable her thorough understanding of the state-civil society relationship in Mexico. The book closes with an examination of what the Mexican experience contributes to our understanding of the actors, processes, issues, and obstacles involved in migration policy development.

Protecting Immigrant Rights in Mexico will offer scholars as well as policy makers and civil society actors a greater understanding of the domestic and international political issues and constraints that shape immigration policy making and its implementation.

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Protecting Immigrant Rights in Mexico: Understanding the State-Civil Society Nexus

Protecting Immigrant Rights in Mexico: Understanding the State-Civil Society Nexus

by Laura Valeria Gonzalez-Murphy
Protecting Immigrant Rights in Mexico: Understanding the State-Civil Society Nexus

Protecting Immigrant Rights in Mexico: Understanding the State-Civil Society Nexus

by Laura Valeria Gonzalez-Murphy

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The state-civil society relationship to migration policy is an area both largely unexplored and little understood in current scholarly literature. Laura González-Murphy offers a timely analysis of the changing role played by civil society in the formulation and implementation of government policies in general and migration policy in particular.

Using Mexico as her primary case study because of the recent impact of immigrants on its legislation and the historical evolution of its institutions, González-Murphy details the ways that civil society has become a participant in immigration policy changes, including Mexico’s new migration law. Mexico’s experience is also closely compared with countries presently experiencing similar immigration and political dynamics, such as Spain and Italy. The extensive interviews with Mexican civil society actors and government officials that González-Murphy has conducted during the last few years enable her thorough understanding of the state-civil society relationship in Mexico. The book closes with an examination of what the Mexican experience contributes to our understanding of the actors, processes, issues, and obstacles involved in migration policy development.

Protecting Immigrant Rights in Mexico will offer scholars as well as policy makers and civil society actors a greater understanding of the domestic and international political issues and constraints that shape immigration policy making and its implementation.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781138926363
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 06/23/2015
Series: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics
Pages: 248
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Laura Valeria González-Murphy is an Assistant Research Professor at the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at the University at Albany (SUNY).

Table of Contents

Part I: Background. Introduction: Mexico, a Country of Immigration? 1. Who Are Mexico’s Immigrants? 2. Mexico’s Immigration Policy in Perspective: Initiating a "Friendly Gates" Policy. Part II: Civil Society Flourishes. 3. Civil Society From the Mexican Perspective. 4. The State–Civil Society Nexus on Immigration Policy. 5. Civil Society’s Key Achievement: The New Migration Law of 2011. Part III: Comparison and Final Reflections. 6. Immigration and Civil Society in Spain and Italy: A Comparison With Mexico. 7. Conclusion and Final Remarks.

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