Crises Now and Then—Comparing Integration Policy Frameworks and Immigrant Target Groups in Denmark in the 1970s and 2000s

Jørgensen, Martin Bak; Thomsen, Trine Lund

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“…In fact, 19 of the target populations identified in the deviant category are some type of criminal. Many of the remaining target populations identified as deviants are people living in poverty in specific contexts such as African‐Americans (Sidney, ), African‐Americans in Los Angeles (Garrow, ), or immigrants (e.g., Jørgensen, ; Jørgensen & Thomsen, ).…”

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“…Many of those identified as contenders are also identified as deviants or dependents in different contexts. For example, immigrants in Europe today are considered contenders , but immigrants in Europe during the 1970s (Jørgensen & Thomsen, ) and today in the United States (Jørgensen, ) are considered deviants . Banks that lend money for mortgages are identified as contenders (Hunter & Nixon, ) but also as advantaged (Drew, ).…”

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“…Demonstrating an international interest in the theory, we found authors to be affiliated with universities in 12 different countries, including the United States. The non-U.S. list includes: Australia (e.g., Neff, 2012), Canada (e.g., Mondou & Montpetit, 2010), Denmark (e.g., Jørgensen & Thomsen, 2012), France (e.g., Montpetit, Rothmayr, & Varone, 2005), Ireland (e.g., Hynes & Hayes, 2011), Mexico (e.g., Lage, 2012), the Netherlands (e.g., Hoppe, 2010), South Korea (e.g., Park & Wilding, 2013), Sweden (e.g., Upmark, Hagberg, & Alexanderson, 2011), Switzerland (e.g., Montpetit et al, 2005), and the UK (e.g., Toivonen, 2011. It is evident that this theory is being applied by a diverse crowd of authors in a wide range of publication outlets.…”

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“…Among the advantaged, the most frequently identified target populations are scientists (Donovan, 1993;Hogan, 1997;Ingram & Schneider, 2011;, the elderly in different contexts (Campbell, 2003;Hudson, 2008Hudson, , 2013Lockhart, Giles-Sims, & Klopfenstein, 2008), and various types of middle-class groups (Camou, 2005;Palley & Palley, 2000). Interestingly, some of the applications identifying advantaged populations identify groups that are not generally viewed by the public or preconceived by the researchers as having significant political power but are AIDS-Veterans Affluent people (Gollust & Lynch, 2011) Birds, mammals, fish AIDS-Blood transfusion (Donovan, 1997) Elderly-Post-WWII (X3) (Hudson, 2008(Hudson, , 2013 AIDS-Gay men since 1990s (X2) (Donovan, 1997; Elderly-Present (X2) (Campbell, 2003;Lockhart et al, 2008) Elderly-Present (X3) (Hudson, 2008(Hudson, , 2013 Environmental organizations Elderly 1980s (Hudson, 2005) Farm lobby (Peters, 2006) Gaming industry Government workers Immigrants-Japanese Pre-WWII (DiAlto, 2005) Home owners/occupants (Hunter & Nixon, 1999) Immigrants-Present Europe (Jørgensen & Thomsen, 2012) Immigrants-Japanese present (DiAlto, 2005) Local government Local government (Peters, 2006) Medical staff and social workers (Hogan, 1997) Middle class (Camou, 2005) Mortgage banks…”

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Social Construction and Policy Design: A Review of Past Applications

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Siddiki²,

Jones³

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One of the leading theories for understanding the policy process is the theory of social construction and policy design developed by Anne Schneider and Helen Ingram. The theory incorporates the social construction and power of target populations to understand the development and implications of policy design. In order to better understand its empirical breadth, depth, and general utility, our analysis reviews all past publications of the theory, focusing specifically on empirical applications (N = 111), from 1993 to 2013. Based on this review, we find: a recent increase in the number of applications of this theory; that these applications appear across a wide range of outlets, relate to numerous policy domains, and are conducted by a diverse group of domestic and international scholars; that the target population proposition has been applied with greater frequency than the theory's feed-forward proposition; and that scholars have a notable interest in understanding causal mechanisms leading to changes in the positioning of target populations among advantaged, contender, dependent, and deviant target population categories. Following a descriptive review of past publications, we offer specific suggestions for theoretical development and future research.KEY WORDS: public policy, policy process, meta-analysis, literature review, social construction, policy design, feedback IntroductionIn 1999, Paul Sabatier edited a volume entitled Theories of the Policy Process (Sabatier, 1999a). Within this now near canonical tome are emergent theories of the policy process from the previous 15 years deemed by Sabatier to sufficiently adhere to scientific standards at the time. Through this effort, he charted a path forward for future policy process scholarship. Explicitly omitted from the edited volume was the work of what Sabatier termed constructivists. At the time, constructivists were a minority of policy process scholars (e.g., Fischer & Forrester, 1993) that focused on the socially constructed nature of policy as well as reality, in which perceptions and intersubjective meaning-making processes were considered central to understanding and explaining the policy process. Among his criticisms, Sabatier described constructivist methods as "nonfalsifiable" and their ideas as "free-floating and unconnected to specific individuals, institutions, or socio-economic conditions" bs_bs_banner The Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 42, No. (Sabatier, 1999b, p. 11). Of course Sabatier was challenged for his decision to exclude this body of work, especially by European scholars (e.g., Parsons, 2000;Radaelli, 2000), but was unyielding in his position to exclude constructivist approaches in the edited volume.One of the most notable constructivist approaches included in Sabatier's "omitted frameworks" list was the theory of social construction and policy design that was first articulated by Schneider and Ingram in 1993 (Sabatier, 1999b, p. 11). However, by the second edition of Theories of the Policy Process, Sabatier (2007a) changed his mind. ...

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Section: Analysis Of Past Applicationsmentioning

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Social Construction and Policy Design: A Review of Past Applications

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Jones³

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“…6 These circumstances have become a concern for the Danish government and society, which-according to Jørgensen and Thomsen (2013)-is reflected in an increasing negative tone in the media toward both groups: EU and non-EU migrants. A more recent stage was marked by the arrival of refugees which has led to a political controversy regarding the humanitarian obligations of Denmark as well as with respect to solidarity within the EU.…”

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