Internal Migration Politics and Policy

Session Submission Type: Full Paper Panel

Session Description

Immigration policy and international migration have become salient topics in political science at the same time as they have ascended on the policy agenda in many countries. In comparison, internal migration receives surprisingly little attention. The internal movement of citizens and residents is not only more prevalent but also more consequential for many policy areas, not least social policy. Internal migration raises questions concerning the appropriate spatial organization of policy, given both efficiency concerns and democratic demands. These effects of internal migration vary with type of state or polity (unitary, federal, or multistate as the EU) and its attendant citizenship regime. Analyzing internal migration may uncover dynamics that are both similar to and different from those associated with international migration. The papers on this panel accordingly examine various aspects of internal migration in historical and comparative perspective.

Sub Unit

• DIVISION 52: Migration and Citizenship

Individual Presentations

• Internal Migration and Social Policy: Implications for ‘Social Europe’’ - Cecilia Bruzelius, University of Tübingen

• Racial Barriers to Citizenship: Internal Migration and Voting Rights, 1787-1965 - Allan Colbern, Arizona State University

• Poor Relief and Internal Migration Controls in 19th Century Sweden - Sara Kalm, Lund University

• Money and Internal Migration - Willem Maas, York University

Chair

• Willem Maas York University

Discussants

• Mary McThomas University of California, Irvine

• Matthew Longo Leiden University