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Controversy and Complexity: Canadian Immigration Policy During the 1980s
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Controversy and Complexity: Canadian Immigration Policy During the 1980s Hardback - 1995

by Gerald E. Dirks

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Canada is high on the list of desirable destinations for prospective immigrants and has received more than five million immigrants and refugees since the end of World War II. In this comprehensive overview of Canadian immigration policy Gerald Dirks describes the forces and factors that influenced the formulation and administration of immigration policy in the 1980s.

After describing the context that prompted the changes enacted in the 1976 Immigration Act, Dirks turns to contemporary immigration: he examines such controversial and complex issues as establishing annual arrivals targets, setting and managing refugee policy, and developing regulatory procedures for handling applicants. Costs and benefits of a universal visa policy, the distinction between refugees and immigrants, the role of the provinces, and the relationship between immigration and demographic issues are considered in depth. Dirks also pays particular attention to the structure of the organization. Bringing his study into this decade, he concludes by focusing on 1993 amendments to the Immigration Act.

Throughout Dirks demonstrates that economic factors, while playing a major role in immigration policy, have not always been the most important consideration. He argues convincingly that social and political factors, as well as structural, organizational and bureaucratic considerations, have had a pivotal impact on both the content and the implementation of policy.

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  • Title Controversy and Complexity: Canadian Immigration Policy During the 1980s
  • Author Gerald E. Dirks
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 200
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher McGill-Queen's University Press
  • Publication date 1995-02
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780773512382 / 0773512381
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.32 x 6.32 x 1 in (23.67 x 16.05 x 2.54 cm)
  • Category Politics / Current Events
  • Library of Congress subjects Canada - Emigration and immigration -, Canada - Emigration et immigration -
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 95192133
  • Dewey Decimal Code 325.71

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Controversy and Complexity: Canadian Immigration Policy during the 1980s
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Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1995. Hard bound, edition not stated, red cloth, 188pp includes appendices, references, bibliography and index. Small remainder mark bottom edge else as new/-- (no dust jacket). 425 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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