2006 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
A Sociological Analysis of Transformation of U.S. Immigration Policy after September 11
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16402026
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 海外学術 |
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| Research Field |
Sociology
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| Research Institution | Hitotsubashi University |
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Principal Investigator |
KOIDO Akihiro Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Professor (60250396)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2004 – 2006
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| Keywords | migration policy / United States / IIlegal Immigrants / Border |
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| Research Abstract |
This research tired to analyze the logic and social impacts of the drastic transformation of the U. S. immigration policies after the September 11 terrorists' attacks. On the one hand, this project is an attempt to elucidate internal dynamics of the new bureaucratic system to enforce immigration law created by Homeland Security Act. By doing so it will provide a new perspective to go beyond the common understanding of the influence of clientele politics in the U. S. with regards to migration policy. On the other hand, based upon multiple field research on the diverse areas in the U. S., such as New York and its suburbia, mid-West such as Iowa or Nebraska, and the contested region over the border issue in the south, it made possible for us to analyze the importance of local social power structure and the delicate local social fabrics in respective region. This experience leads us to establish the comparative perspective on social impacts of immigration policies throughout the U. S. While the new more centralized structure of the immigration control took place, in reality it would depend significantly upon what type of local interest group network actually exists or what type of immigrant population lives with what immigration status. Local structure is persistently key intervening variables and it sometimes resists state aggressive enforcement policy while some residents demands intensive immigration in other region.
This research could provide a unique analytical approach to more multidimensional and interactive process of immigration policy building as well as execution of immigration law by taking into consideration not only intra-organizational dynamics but also local political-social structure simultaneously.
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