@article{ref1,
title="Theorizing Migration Policy: Is There a Third Way?1",
journal="International migration review",
year="2007",
author="Boswell, Christina",
volume="41",
number="1",
pages="75-100",
abstract="This article critically reviews theories of migration policy according to two criteria: methodological rigor and explanatory plausibility. It finds that political economy accounts are theoretically robust, but at the price of oversimplification. Neo-institutional theories offer more sophisticated accounts, but fall short on a number of methodological and explanatory counts. As an alternative, this article suggests a theory focusing on the functional imperatives of the state in the area of migration, which shape its responses to societal interests and institutional structures.<p />",
language="",
issn="0197-9183",
doi="10.1111/j.1747-7379.2007.00057.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-7379.2007.00057.x"
}