This book explains the development of the Conservative Party-s immigration policy during the seven decades since 1945, up to today. By bringing together existing theories from the fields of political science and migration studies, this book offers a new model of party policy-making, which could be modified and tested in other contexts.
Grounded in rigorous scholarship, but of interest to general readers as well as specialists and students, this book provides a thoughtful and engaging account of the making of modern Britain. The book draws on 30 interviews with figures who were at the heart of policy-making, from Kenneth Clarke and Douglas Hurd, to Damian Green and Gavin Barwell, to reveal that the -national mood- often has more impact on policy-making than the empirics of the situation.
This book will be of key interest to scholars, students and readers interested in British politics; immigration and migration studies; Conservative Party politics; and, mo
