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Actors, Ideas, and International Influence: Understanding Migration Policy Change in South America
(SAGE Publications, 2023-05-01) Brumat, Leiza; Vera Espinoza, Marcia
This article analyzes the role of ideas, domestic actors, and international influences in migration policy change (MPCh) in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. Building on 67 in-depth interviews with key actors in migration governance, public declarations of government representatives, and relevant legislation, we argue that the increased power of “securitist” actors within national bureaucracies shaped MPCh in all three countries. Between 2015 and 2019, these actors promoted a set of programmatic ideas and policy proposals that linked migration to security issues and distinguished between “good” and “bad” immigrants, emulating Global North countries. This set of ideas resulted in policy change at the country level, but at the same time, national-level policy change coexisted with continuity at the regional level. This article contributes to the literature on migration governance, first, by extending the geographical focus of migration policy studies, which frequently focus on party politics, coalitions, and public opinion, beyond the Global North. Second, we further current explanations of MPCh and policy contradictions by differentiating between continuity and change in programmatic ideas, policy proposals, and public philosophies. Third, we advance the regional migration policy literature by distinguishing between different groups of actors within national bureaucracies and enhancing understanding of these actors’ roles at both the national and international levels. Across its sections, this article shows that policy ideas—where and from whom they come—matter. By unpacking the different types of ideas that influence policy shifts and the actors who promote them, we can better understand apparent contradictions in migration policy.
Brazil elections 2018: How will Bolsonaro’s victory affect migration policy in Brazil and South America? [Blog Post]
(LSE, 2018-10-25) Vera Espinoza, Marcia; Brumat, Leiza
Jair Bolsonaro’s victory in Brazil’s 2018 presidential election could lead to a more severe migration policy, attacks on migrants’ rights, and fragmentation of regional approaches to mobility, write Marcia Vera Espinoza (Queen Mary University of London) and Leiza Brumat (European University Institute).
Brazil’s migration governance: Hidden actors, the new law and the 2018 presidential elections
(EUI, 2018-02-19) Acosta, Diego; Vera Espinoza, Marcia; Brumat, Leiza
The Dynamics of Regional Migration Governance
(Edward Elgar, 2019-06-28) Geddes, Andrew; Vera Espinoza, Marcia; Hadj Abdou, Leila; Brumat, Leiza; Geddes, Andrew; Vera Espinoza, Marcia; Hadj Abdou, Leila; Brumat, Leiza
This book analyses the dynamics of regional migration governance and accounts for why, how and with what effects states cooperate with each other in diverse forms of regional grouping on aspects of international migration, displacement and mobility. The book develops a framework for analysis of comparative regional migration governance to support a distinct and truly global approach accounting for developments in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Central Asia, Europe, the Middle East, North America and South America and the many and varying forms that regional arrangements can take in these regions.
Global Compact for Migration: What is it and why are countries opposing it?
(The Conversation Trust, 2018-12-07) Vera Espinoza, Marcia; Hadj-Abdou, Leila; Brumat, Leiza
Gobernanza migratoria en América del Sur: ¿hacia una nueva oleada restrictiva?
(Ediciones Cruz del Sur, 2018-11) Brumat, Leiza; Acosta, Diego; Vera Espinoza, Marcia; Bizzozero Revelez, Lincoln; Fernández Luzuriaga, Wilson
Migration governance in South America: Where is the region heading? [Blog Post]
(EUI, 2017-08-04) Vera Espinoza, Marcia; Brumat, Leiza; Geddes, Andrew
The new Chilean government and its shifting attitudes on migration governance
(EUI, 2018-05-03) Acosta, Diego; Vera Espinoza, Marcia; Brumat, Leiza