Stefanie Mayer and Mikael Spång take a close look at debates about (labor) immigration in Austria and Sweden by comparing discussions during the 1960s and 1970s with contemporary political discourse. The authors combine their research on institutional developments with elements of critical discourse analysis in a comparative perspective. The volume also includes comments from experts on migration issues from former emigration and/or EU-accession countries, such as Finland, Turkey, former Yugoslavia and the Czech Republic, thereby casting light on how migration issues have been discussed in different contexts. The Editors Stefanie Mayer, Mag.a, completed her Master at the University of Vienna in 2004 and is currently working on her PhD-project in Political Science at the Sociology Department of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna. Mikael Spång is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Department of Global Political Studies, Malmö University. He has published several books on migration, human rights and democracy. CONTENTS Mikael Spång and Stefanie Mayer: Introduction Institutional Structures and Political Systems Migration Patterns during the Post World War II Era Method and Material Structure of the Publication Stefanie Mayer: Migration & Labor Markets. Political Discourse in Austria Protecting the National Labor Market – from Habsburg to the Second Republic Development of the Policy Field “Immigration” (1960s/1970s) “Integration before Immigration” Austria going EU Conclusions Mikael Spång: Debating Labor Immigration and Immigration Policy in Sweden, 1960–2008 Introduction Immigration Policy during the early and mid 20th Century Regulating Labor Immigration in the 1960s Topoi in the 1960s Debate on Labor Immigration Refugee Immigration and Family Reunification in the 1970s and 1990s The 1989 Aliens Act and the 1989 Decision on Refugees Changes to Refugee Immigration and Family Reunification Policy in the 1990s The Europeanization of Immigration Policy Labor Immigration from outside the EU Topoi to the Debate about Labor Immigration from outside the EU The 2004 Debate about Transition Rules Topoi to the 2004 Debate about Transition Rules Conclusions Selma Muhic Dizdarevic: A Question of Equality. Some Aspects of the Temporary Restrictions in Access to the EU-15 Labor Market in the Czech Republic Introduction Restrictions vs. Needs Restrictions towards Third Country Nationals Conclusions Dunja Larise: The Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia and the Economic Emigration of the Sixties, Seventies and Eighties Ayhan Kaya: Transnationalizing Integration in the Age of Securitization: A Perspective through Euro-Turks Changing Immigration Laws: Attracting Qualified Labor Transnationalizing Integration Concluding Remarks Saara Pellander: Sending and Receiving, Welcoming and Excluding: Developments and Debates in Finland’s Migration Policy Migration Patterns in Finland Towards a Finnish Migration Policy Conclusion: Finland following Sweden’s Footsteps? Mikael Spång and Stefanie Mayer: Conclusions Changing Institutional Arrangements Liberalization and Regulation Debates and Contention about Integration Topics in Migration Debates Institutions and Discourse intertwined Sources and Literature Authorsweiterlesen