Policing markets: The role of the social partners in internal immigration enforcement

In recent decades, governments have made labour markets sites of immigration enforcement through employer sanctions and other measures. In some countries, unions and employers’ associations facilitate implementation of these initiatives, while in others they openly or tacitly resist cooperation. Thi...

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Published in:Journal of European social policy 2020-11, Vol.30 (5), p.571-586
Main Author: Morgan, Kimberly J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Comparative analysis
Comparative studies
Cooperation
Coordination
Decision making
Embeddedness
Employers
Enforcement
Explanation
Immigration
Immigration policy
Institutionalization
International cooperation
Investigations (Law enforcement)
Labor market
Labor migration
Markets
Migrants
Policing
Public administration
Public officials
Resistance
Sanctions
Well being
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Summary:In recent decades, governments have made labour markets sites of immigration enforcement through employer sanctions and other measures. In some countries, unions and employers’ associations facilitate implementation of these initiatives, while in others they openly or tacitly resist cooperation. This paper explores these patterns of cooperation and resistance through analysis of six countries. The method used is qualitative comparative analysis, using primary and secondary sources that include newspaper coverage, government reports, union documents and scholarly accounts. The explanation centres on the degree of social partner embeddedness in government decision-making and economic management. In countries with institutionalized, coordinated relationships between the social partners and the state, this coordination extends to implementation of employers’ sanctions. In systems with less institutionalized cooperation, employers and unions are less likely to assist the immigration control objectives of state officials. These practices also affect migrants’ ability to live within a society, making them not only a form of immigration control, but also important for migrant wellbeing.
ISSN:0958-9287
1461-7269
DOI:10.1177/0958928720960576