The Ramparts of Nations: Institutions and Immigration Policies in France and the United States

by Jeffrey M. Togman

Togman provides a comparative analysis of French and U.S. immigration policies from 1945 to 2000. He explores why nations implement the immigration policies they do, why some governments allow or even encourage large-scale immigration while others restrict it, why some states shift from liberal to restrictive entry policies and vice versa.

Focusing on critical historical junctures, Togman illustrates how different institutional structures...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275972542
• ISBN13: 9780275972547
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Excellent book on immigration policy

Dr. Togman writes about as good of a book as one can dealing with immigration. The book is straight forward, smart, and ties many theories together to complete an easy read.

Let Them In!

Togman has written a carefully crafted account of iimmigration policy in American and France. The book is full of useful counterarguemnts to the kind of nonsense spoken by people like Pat Buchanan; and it's very well-written to boot.

Togman gets it right

Unlike the vast majority of the work done in so called political science, Jeffrey Togman offers us an interesting account of the differences between immigration policy in America and France, without the ridiculous appeal to "science." The book is cogent, well-written, and concise.