Immigration to Scotland and the constitutional change debate: geography, difference and the question of scale
Immigration to Scotland and the constitutional change debate: geography, difference and the question of scale
This paper seeks to extend understanding of how geographies of scale can contribute to the discussion surrounding migration and constitutional change. It asks the question, is immigration to Scotland distinctive? The 2011 Census is used to explore whether there are other scales at which Scotland’s possible claims to distinctiveness in terms of migration ‘experience’ and ‘needs’ can be assessed. The detailed and comprehensive perspective provided by the 2011 Census highlights the heterogeneous national immigration picture. The authors demonstrate the economic and policy evidence for developing a more nuanced approach to immigration policy. The implications of these findings are significant given the prospect of constitutional change in Scotland.
migration policy, census, scale, scotland, constitutional change
ESRC Centre for Population Change
Packwood, Helen
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Findlay, Allan
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McGowan, Teresa
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29 January 2014
Packwood, Helen
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Findlay, Allan
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McGowan, Teresa
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Packwood, Helen and Findlay, Allan
,
McGowan, Teresa
(ed.)
(2014)
Immigration to Scotland and the constitutional change debate: geography, difference and the question of scale
(ESRC Centre for Population Change Working Paper Series, 42)
Southampton, GB.
ESRC Centre for Population Change
34pp.
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Abstract
This paper seeks to extend understanding of how geographies of scale can contribute to the discussion surrounding migration and constitutional change. It asks the question, is immigration to Scotland distinctive? The 2011 Census is used to explore whether there are other scales at which Scotland’s possible claims to distinctiveness in terms of migration ‘experience’ and ‘needs’ can be assessed. The detailed and comprehensive perspective provided by the 2011 Census highlights the heterogeneous national immigration picture. The authors demonstrate the economic and policy evidence for developing a more nuanced approach to immigration policy. The implications of these findings are significant given the prospect of constitutional change in Scotland.
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Published date: 29 January 2014
Keywords:
migration policy, census, scale, scotland, constitutional change
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Social Statistics & Demography, Centre for Population Change
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Local EPrints ID: 361673
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/361673
ISSN: 2042-4116
PURE UUID: 3981ee8a-d313-444d-93d8-15f97b5baec9
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Helen Packwood
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Allan Findlay
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