"Many governments face similar pressures surrounding the hotly debated topic of immigration. Yet, the disparate ways in which policy makers respond is striking. The Comparative Politics of Immigration explains why democratic governments adopt the immigration policies they do. Through an in-depth...

A primordial challenge to the welfare state? -- The politics of resentment : xenophobia and the welfare state -- Trust in diverse societies -- Welfare state regimes as a regime for building trust? : contextualizing attitudes -- To belong or not to belong : incorporation and integration policies...

Introduction: border securities, migrant labor, and crisis capitalism -- Border securities and unsecure labor -- Migrant domestics and gendered work in crisis capitalism -- Border futures -- Epilogue: beyond security

Introduction / Gordon H. Hanson, William R. Kerr, and Sarah Turner -- High-skilled immigration and the comparative advantage of foreign-born workers across U.S.occupations / Gordon H. Hanson and Chen Liu -- The innovation activities of multinational enterprises and the demand for skilled worker,...

Introduction : why global talent matters to you -- Talent on the move -- The economics of talent clusters -- Innovation in the United States -- Points versus firms -- The education pathway -- Talent clusters to rule them all -- The new HR challenge -- Global diffusion remade -- Revenge of the...

Causes of discontent -- The costs and benefits of restricting immigration -- Is America's immigration system broken? -- From global to local : towards integration or exclusion? -- The balance sheet : economic costs and benefits of immigration -- Refugees and discontent -- Crime, terrorism and...

"This volume collects the lectures of distinguished immigration scholars delivered at Western Michigan University (WMU) during the 2016-2017 academic year, with cosponsorship from the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research."