Addressing contradictory needs: the Lega Nord and Italian immigration policy

Bull, Anna Cento

doi:10.1080/0031322x.2010.527441

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“…However, the LN's major concern has been migration caused by the push from instability in Africa, the Balkans, and the Near East and the pull of Italy's informal economy. Stricter legislation resulted under Berlusconi II and IV, particularly the Bossi-Fini Law of 2002 and the 2009 Security Package (Zincone, 2006;Cento Bull, 2010).…”

Section: Globalization: Migration and Protectionismmentioning

confidence: 99%

The impact of populist radical right parties on foreign policy: the Northern League as a junior coalition partner in the Berlusconi Governments

Verbeek

Zaslove

2014

Eur. Pol. Sci. Rev.

118

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Despite the populist radical right’s (PRR) popularity among political scientists, little scholarship has focused on its influence on foreign policy. This lack of study is due, in part, to a general lack of attention to the role of political parties in foreign policy, both in comparative politics and international relations (IR). This is unfortunate because, due to Europeanization and globalization, the domain of foreign policy has expanded, making foreign policy increasingly a domestic concern and, most importantly, touching on major themes of PRR parties. Combining insights from comparative politics and IR, we theorize the mechanisms, which may facilitate the impact of such parties on foreign policy. Subsequently, we examine whether the Italian Northern League (LN), as a prime example of a PRR party participating in a coalition government, has had an impact on Italy’s foreign policy and, if so, what accounts for this (lack of) influence. This paper concludes that, unlike common understanding, the PRR is not persistently anti-internationalist/anti-EU; rather, its position depends on the extent to which international politics helps or hinders the promotion of ‘the people’. Second, despite the LN’s strong coalition position, it pursued an effective foreign policy mainly regarding immigration policy. Third, IR theories of junior coalition partners and foreign policy should address the nature of the party system and how inter-party electoral competition affects the strength of a junior coalition partner. Fourth, these theories need to acknowledge that party preferences are sometimes trumped by national concerns, as suggested by more systemic IR theories.

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Section: Globalization: Migration and Protectionismmentioning

confidence: 99%

The impact of populist radical right parties on foreign policy: the Northern League as a junior coalition partner in the Berlusconi Governments

Verbeek

Zaslove

2014

Eur. Pol. Sci. Rev.

118

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“…Since the populations of metropolitan areas are becoming increasingly diverse and mixed, a civic stratification can be highlighted among foreign residents in terms of legal status and entitlements (Morris 2002;Kraler and Bonizzoni 2010). By contrast, the myth of border defence and the reaffirmation of homogeneous communities have become the banner of populist and xenophobic movements across Europe, infiltrating the language and programmes of more moderate and institutionalized political forces (Albertazzi and McDonnell 2008;Ruzza and Fella 2009;Cento Bull 2010).…”

Section: On the Local Management Of Immigration As A Political Emergencymentioning

confidence: 95%

Urban Multiculturalism beyond the ‘Backlash’: New Discourses and Different Practices in Immigrant Policies across European Cities

Ambrosini¹,

Boccagni²

2015

Journal of Intercultural Studies

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All across European receiving societies, the mainstream political discourse is displaying increasing disaffection with multiculturalism. It is primarily at the level of local policies, though, that the social inclusion of immigrants and the governance of ethno-cultural diversity are negotiated. Building on a comparative study of the urban 'adaptations' of multiculturalism in eight European cities, this article addresses three questions: (1) the changing relations between national and (relatively autonomous) local immigrant policies; (2) the ways in which such policies are locally reframed and reshaped along the continuum between multiculturalism and assimilation; (3) the involvement of civil society organizations in urban governance processes. Altogether, local policies seem to have been less affected by the backlash against multiculturalism than a common sense understanding would entail. Yet, they are increasingly constrained by anti-immigrant positions and budgetary restrictions, as well by the search for new political idioms vis-à-vis the de-legitimization of the multiculturalist lexicon and agenda.

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“…74 Various theories have been propounded to explain in more detail the importance that push and pull factors, structural differences and diverging economic models have on these types of migration fl ows. 75 These migrants should technically face deportation back to their country of origin. Yet states still encounter enormous diffi culty trying to deport people deemed undeserving of protection, as will be further discussed below in relation to some of the internal constraints that states sometimes face overseeing their asylum policies.…”

Section: Who Are Boat People?mentioning

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Asylum Policy, Boat People and Political Discourse

Glynn

2016

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Addressing contradictory needs: the Lega Nord and Italian immigration policy

Cited by 37 publications

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The impact of populist radical right parties on foreign policy: the Northern League as a junior coalition partner in the Berlusconi Governments

The impact of populist radical right parties on foreign policy: the Northern League as a junior coalition partner in the Berlusconi Governments

Urban Multiculturalism beyond the ‘Backlash’: New Discourses and Different Practices in Immigrant Policies across European Cities

Asylum Policy, Boat People and Political Discourse

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