Canada’s immigration policy toward black people

Public Attitudes Toward Immigration

Immigrant populations in many developed democracies have grown rapidly, and so too has an extensive literature on natives’ attitudes toward immigration. This research has developed from two theoretical foundations, one grounded in political economy, the other in political psychology. These two literatures have developed largely in isolation from one another, yet the conclusions that emerge from...

Toward a computational immigration assistant

In the face of global change and impending limits on various resources, the need for people to move across borders is likely to increase. Facilitating mobility could enable people to access resources and lifestyles more suited to their abilities, and thereby reduce suffering for both humans and other species. This paper proposes the need for computational support to facilitate immigration decis...

The African exchange: toward a biological history of black people

of its argumentative reconstruction of Freud's writings, in the form of a set of well-defined scientific hypotheses. Grunbaum provides a useful precis of his book at the outset, and his verdict on psychoanalysis' claim to scientific truth is negative. Hopkins and Cioffi take issue with Grunbaum, but for opposing reasons. Hopkins argues carefully and in detail that psychoanalytic thought stands ...

Immigration, refugees, and foreign policy.

The author first notes that mass movements of people across international boundaries, whether voluntary or forced, are increasingly becoming topics for international concern. In particular, the late 1970s and early 1980s have seen a series of migration crises with powerful foreign policy implications. The policy consequences of these international migration movements are considered, with part...

Immigration policy and health care.