Immigration, Security, and the Liberal State

Gallya Lahav is Professor of Political Science at Stony Brook University, SUNY. Professor Lahav was recipient of the MacArthur Foundation award for this project's early development. She is the author of Immigration and Politics in the New Europe (Cambridge University Press, 2004), and co-editor of several expert compendia on migration. Her work has also appeared in numerous books, handbooks, and journals including Comparative Political Studies, the American Journal of Political Research, Political Behavior,  and International Migration Review. Anthony M. Messina is John R. Reitemeyer Professor in the Department of Political Science at Trinity College, Connecticut. Professor Messina specializes in the politics of immigration in Europe. He is the author of Race and Party Competition in Britain (1989), The Logics and Politics of Post-World War II Migration to Western Europe (2007) and has edited or co-edited six volumes, including The Politics of New Immigrant Destinations (2017).

• 1. Introduction: the migration trilemma; 2. Framing and reframing immigration: the politics of (in)security; 3. Expanding the migration policy playing field: enlisting the cooperation of non-central state actors; 4. Popular attitudes towards immigration regulation; 5. Immigration and the politics of threat; 6. Securitizing and politicizing immigration: political party competition in Spain, UK, and US; 7. Conclusions: liberalism compromised?; References; Index.

'Lahav and Messina's multi-method research design effectively synthesizes significant empirical data derived from a variety of longitudinal and cross-national public opinion surveys, as well as media content analyses and demographic data. The product of this synthesis is a novel insight into the linkage between migration and security in the liberal state.' Ariane Chebel d'Appollonia, Professor, School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers University, Newark