Cities And Labour Immigration: Comparing Policy Responses in Amsterdam, Paris, Rome And Tel Aviv (Research in Migration and Ethnic Relations)

257 Pages·2007·3.41 MB·English

by  Michael Alexander

CITIES AND LABOUR IMMIGRATION
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Cities and Labour Immigration
Comparing Policy Responses in Amsterdam,
Paris, Rome and Tel Aviv
MICHAEL ALEXANDER
University of Haifa, Israel
© Michael Alexander 2007
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Alexander, Michael
Cities and labour immigration : comparing policy responses
in Amsterdam, Paris, Rome and Tel Aviv. - (Research in
migration and ethnic relations series)
1. Alien labor - Case studies 2. Urban policy - Case studies
3. Minorities - Social conditions - Case studies 4. Municipal
government - Case studies
I. Title
305.5'62'091732
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Alexander, Michael, 1963-
Cities and labour immigration : comparing policy responses in Amsterdam, Paris, Rome
and Tel Aviv / by Michael Alexander.
p. cm. -- (Research in migration and ethnic relations series)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-7546-4722-6
1. Alien labor--Government policy--Europe--Case studies. 2. Alien labor--Government
policy--Israel--Tel Aviv. 3. Immigrants--Employment--Government policy--Europe--Case
studies. 4. Immigrants--Employment--Government policy--Israel--Tel Aviv. 5. Urban
policy--Case studies. I. Title: Cities and labor immigration. II. Title. III. Series.
HD6300.A44 2006
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ISBN-10: 0 7546 4722 6
ISBN-13: 978-0-7546-4722-5
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Contents
List of Figures vii
List of Tables and Boxes ix
Preface xi
1 Strangers at the City Gates 1
1 Labour Immigration and Local Policy Responses 1
2 The Gap in Existing Theory 7
3 A Theoretical Framework for Understanding Local Policies
toward Migrants 12
2 Host-Stranger Relations in Theory and Practice 25
1 Different Types of Strangers, Different Host-Stranger Relations 25
2 Modern and Postmodern Attitudes toward Strangers 27
3 Linking Host-Stranger Relations and Local Policies toward
Labour Migrants 32
3 Local Policies Toward Migrants – a Typology 37
1 Defining ‘Local Policies toward Migrants’ 37
2 The Typology 40
4 Rome: From Non-Policy to Delegation 55
1 Introduction 55
2 The National Context: Italian Responses to Labour Immigration 56
3 The Local Context 59
4 Local Migrant Policies in Rome 67
5 Summary: From Ignoring to NGO-ing? 80
5 Tel Aviv: The Limits of Liberalism in a Guestworker Regime 83
1 Introduction 83
2 The National Context 84
3 The Local Context 89
4 Local Migrant Policies in Tel Aviv 96
5 Summary: ‘As Long As They Are Here …’ 109
6 Paris: A Century of Assimilation 115
1 Introduction 115
2 The National Context 116
3 The Local Context 121
4 Urban Policy in Paris: 150 Years of Distancing the Other 130
vi Cities and Labour Immigration
5 Other Policy Domains 141
6 The New Integration Policy, 2001 – … 144
7 Summary: ‘Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose’? 149
7 Amsterdam: Pluralism and its Discontents 153
1 Introduction 153
2 The National Context 154
3 The Local Context 165
4 Migrant Policies in Amsterdam 172
5 Summary 193
8 Summary and Conclusions 197
1 Introduction 197
2 Summarizing the Case Studies 198
3 Comparison and Generalization 203
4 Rethinking the Typology: A New Policy Phase? 209
5 Implications for Research and Policy 214
Appendix: List of Interviews 217
Bibliography 221
Index 235
List of Figures
1.1 The analytical framework 14
1.2 City Halls of Amsterdam, Paris, Rome and Tel Aviv 21
2.1 Host-stranger relations as expressed in local authority attitudes
toward labour migrants 35
4.1 Registered foreign residents in Rome, 1991–2004 61
4.2 Registered foreign residents in Rome, by content of origin (31
December 2004) 61
4.3 Distribution of registered foreign residents in Rome, by districts
(2004) 63
5.1 Development of the secondary labour market in Israel, 1956–99 87
5.2 Population of Tel Aviv-Yafo, with estimated labour migrant
population 90
5.3 Estimated labour migrant population in Tel Aviv, by continent of
origin, 2001 91
5.4 Labour migrant concentrations in Tel Aviv-Yafo, 1999 94
6.1 Immigration to Paris and France, 1861-1990 (% foreign resident
population) 121
6.2 Foreign resident population in Paris, 1954–99 123
6.3 Foreign resident population in Paris, by country of origin, 1999 124
6.4 The croissant populaire: working class quarters in east Paris, 1990 125
6.5 The embourgeoisement of Paris and its suburbs, 1982–90 126
6.6 Distribution of foreign population in Paris, 1975–99 128
6.7 Planned renovation areas in Paris, 1938 and 1987 133
7.1 Population of Amsterdam and ‘ethnic minorities’, 1947-2004 166
7.2 Resident population in Amsterdam, by country of origin (numbers) 167
7.3 Resident population in Amsterdam, by country of origin (%) 167
7.4 Amsterdam, city districts 170
7.5 Geographical distribution of migrant/minority population in
Amsterdam 170
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List of Tables and Boxes
Table 1.1 Migrants/ethnic minorities in survey cities 3
Table 1.2 The case study cities 19
Box 1.1 Four city halls, four styles of governance 22
Table 3.1 A typology space for classifying local migrant policies in
terms of local authority attitudes and expectations 42
Table 3.2 Typology of local migrant policies, by domains and issue
areas 43
Box 4.1 The Esquilino: Rome’s ‘multiethnic quarter’ 64
Box 5.1 Neve Sha’anan: the ‘foreign workers neighbourhood’ of
Israel 93
Box 6.1 Policies toward Algerians in Paris: the ‘second front’ 120
Box 6.2 Bringing order to the ‘eastern crescent’ 138
Box 6.3 The Goutte d’Or: the politics of renovation in a migrant
neighbourhood 140
Box 7.1 The Bijlmer: Amsterdam’s ethnic district 171
Box 7.2 The Aya Sofya Mosque conflict 184
Box 7.3 From a ‘black school’ to a ‘Community School’ in the Pijp 190
Box 7.4 ‘Links in the chain’ of the inburgering process 192
Table 8.1 Revised typology of local policies toward migrants/
minorities 211