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The political sphere has remarkably been affected by the massive migration flows of the last decades, especially with regard to the principle dimensions of social life. They left their marks on central features of the modern state, like the traditional notion of national sovereignty, the conception of citizenship or the cultural forms of collective identity and political loyalty. It is impossible to give an appropriate answer to the challenge of immigration without reconsidering the sense of these basic political notions.

En el año 2010, la legislatura de Arizona promulgó una de las leyes más duras de la nación respecto de los inmigrantes indocumentados: la Ley Arizona SB 1070. Algunos expertos argumentan que los entes subnacionales no deben aprobar políticas relacionadas con la inmigración a causa de los efectos negativos que las represalias de terceros países tendrían sobre las relaciones diplomáticas y económicas de Estados Unidos con aquéllos y sobre su propia economía. En sentido opuesto, Spiro (1994 y 2001) señala que en la actualidad los estados distinguen cuando una medida corresponde a un ente subnacional, dando respuestas focalizadas al mismo y no en contra del país en su conjunto. El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar hasta qué punto el panorama actual de las relaciones entre México y Estados Unidos corresponde a una de estas dos perspectivas. Asimismo, se ubica esta discusión particular en el debate más amplio sobre si los estados de la Unión Americana podrían o deberían asumir un papel más activo en la gestión migratoria. Para el logro de estos objetivos se analizan las respuestas mexicanas frente a la aprobación de la SB 1070 y los efectos de la misma sobre las relaciones entre ambos países.

We want to share our experience in the constitution of an interdisciplinary and collaborative research group on the relationship between school, diversity and immigration in Catalunya, Spain. Our main purpose is to relate the perceptions and experiences based on our different educational experiences. Firstly teachers who work at the so called "aulas de acogida"—special resources directed to students of immigrant parents; secondly university researchers from pedagogy and psychology fields, thirdly, administrative staff who are mediating between educational policies and the practical reality of the schools, and finally the university and PhD students involved in our project.
These different voices allow us to interlace theoretical analyses with more practical others, as well as to delimit what kind of needs emerge from professional practice, and what tools seem to usefully facilititate our process. We believe that establishing bridges between university and schools is a fundamental aspect to promote a fruitful dialectical exchange. Therefore, we want to report our group's process and share our experiences in the analysis of these questions.

The paper is a critical examination of two major features fo current immigration policy & the misalignment they are vis a vis immigration reality. One feature is that existing immigration policy in developed countries excludes the possibility that mass immigration from particular countries may be one of the trade-offs associated with non-migration linked "interventions" by the eventual immigration-receiving country in what become migration-sending countries. The main implication is that receiving countries are one of the factors in the production of emigrations rather than innocent bystanders to the whole process. The second feature is that immigration policy is deeply embedded in the question of state sovereignty & the inter-state system, but it does not acknowledge that the state itself has been transformed by the growth of a global economic system & other transnational processes. These have brought on conditions that bear on the state's regulatory role & its autonomy. As a result it is no longer sufficient simply to assert the sovereign role of the state in immigration policy design & implementation; it is necessary to include also the transformation of the state itself & what that can entail for migration policy & the regulation of migration flows & settlement. In order to have a viable immigration policy, one that can be sustained & works for all the parts involved, we will have to factor in both of these matters. References. Adapted from the source document.

Immigration from the Mediterranean region since the 1950s; some emphasis on immigration to the EEC.

Immigration policy in the US is examined from its theoretical roots to current practices, arguing that the measures adopted promote political, economic, & social interests, & have not terminated border crossing. A historical overview is presented of immigration to the US, emphasizing contributions to the US economy. Also discussed is how racist ideas influence immigration policy. S. Jameson

A review essay on a book by Richard Zapata-Barrero, Hacia un analisis politologico de las politicas de inmigracion ([Toward a Politological Analysis of Immigration Policies. The Era of Immigration. Justice and Political Accommodation] (Madrid: Instituto de Migraciones y Servicios Sociales, 2001).

This is a book review essay devoted to recent immigration studies in political theory with the objective to familiarize the reader with principal trends in this field of scientific inquiry. Institutional & normative perspectives on immigration in political theory are differentiated, & the foci & interests of each are specified. Studies representing both trends are mentioned, noting that the institutional viewpoint addresses the question of how the presence of immigrants affects the traditional political system of modern liberal democracies & investigates how their structure needs to be modified to prevent social, political, & economic tensions caused by the influx of immigrants. Normative treatments concentrates on value systems that undergo changes in face of the challenges posed by immigration. Issues of political access & coexistence present the liberal dilemma of open vs closed borders & the democratic dilemma of inclusion vs exclusion. Studies devoted to the relationship between immigration & justice are also included into this survey, discussing, among others, J. F. Hollifield's (1992) exploration of the criteria of nationality & economic market in admission of immigrants. References. Z. Dubiel

The political sphere has remarkably been affected by the massive migration flows of the last decades, especially with regard to the principle dimensions of social life. They left their marks on central features of the modern State, like the traditional notion of national sovereignty, the conception of citizenship or the cultural forms of collective identity & political loyalty. It is impossible to give an appropriate answer to the challenge of immigration without reconsidering the sense of these basic political notions. References. Adapted from the source document.