The Politics Of Immigration In Scotland Aubrey Westfall by Aubrey Westfall 9781474491600, 147449160X instant download after payment.

• Presents Scotland as a key test case for the marriage of nationalist sentiments and cosmopolitan identities
• Addresses ongoing public debates about minority integration and multiculturalism in Western democracies and the potential power of local or national political elites to steer rhetoric
• Engages with primary and secondary sources of data (ex. survey data, newspaper coverage) and employs varied methodological tools to achieve insight into the nature of public discourse on immigration
• Utilises comparative data to support or reject claims of Scottish exceptionalism
• Uses case studies from specific Scottish immigration and integration policies
• Features unique qualitative data from a number of interviews with Scottish migration policy stakeholders in 2016 and 2019

At a time when many European nationalist movements are attempting to preserve their culture by rejecting immigration and diversification, openness to immigration and diversity is a central political strategy for Scottish nation building, making Scotland a key case study for how nationalist sentiments and cosmopolitan identities can join together. This book discusses whether the pro-immigration strategies implemented by the Scottish political leadership could be employed elsewhere, addressing ongoing public debates about minority integration and multiculturalism in Western democracies, and the potential power of local or national political elites to steer rhetoric against anti-immigrant forces.