Chapter 6 The multilevel governance of asylum seekers’ reception in Germany and the role of the local level
A local-to-local comparison
Abstract
"This book provides a comparative overview of asylum seekers’ reception throughout Europe by adopting a theoretical framework based on an analytical approach to the notion of multilevel governance.
It challenges the tendency of the multilevel governance literature to overlook political controversies and conflicts and questions the assumption that it represents the best policymaking arrangement for promoting policy convergence. In doing so, it explores the functioning of the reception component of the Common European Asylum System in centralised states and federal/regional states and analyses its implementation at both national and local levels. The book reveals the heterogeneous development of reception policies not only across Member States but also within each country where solutions adopted at the local level generally diverge substantially. Furthermore, the overall centralization of policymaking on reception regardless the institutional structure, seems to leave little room for MLG arrangements tailored to specific localities and triggers tensions between central governments and local authorities.
This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of migration and asylum studies, immigration, (multilevel) global governance and more broadly to comparative politics, European studies/politics, and public policy."
Keywords
asylum; asylum seekers; Common European Asylum System; Europe; multilevel governance; policymakingDOI
10.4324/9781003129950-6ISBN
9780367655228, 9780367655310, 9781003129950Publisher
Taylor & FrancisPublisher website
https://taylorandfrancis.com/Publication date and place
2022Grantor
Imprint
RoutledgeClassification
Politics and government
Central / national / federal government policies
International relations
Globalization
Human rights, civil rights