TY  - JOUR
A1  - Reichersdorfer, Johannes
A1  - Christensen, Tom
A1  - Vrangbaek, Karsten
T1  - Accountability of immigration administration comparing crises in Norway, Denmark and Germany
JF  - International review of administrative sciences : an international journal of comparative public administration
N2  - Accountability can be conceptualized as institutionalized mechanisms obliging actors to explain their conduct to different forums, which can pose questions and impose sanctions. This article analyses different crises' in immigration policies in Norway, Denmark and Germany along a descriptive framework of five different accountability types: political, administrative, legal, professional and social accountability. The exchanges of information, debate and their consequences between an actor and a forum are crucial to understanding how political-administrative action is carried out in critical situations. First, accountability dynamics emphasize conventional norms and values regarding policy change and, second, formal political responsibility does not necessarily lead to political consequences such as minister resignations in cases of misbehaviour. Consequences strongly depend on how accountability dynamics take place.
KW  - accountability dynamics
KW  - accountability mechanism
KW  - administration
KW  - asylum
KW  - civil service
KW  - immigration
KW  - minister responsibility
KW  - public administration
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1177/0020852313478251
SN  - 0020-8523
VL  - 79
IS  - 2
SP  - 271
EP  - 291
PB  - Sage Publ.
CY  - London
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Meier, Sarah
T1  - Housing market integration of migrants moroccans in Spain
JF  - Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie = Journal of economic and social geography
N2  - Moroccans are the largest group of immigrants in Spain. Once they arrive at the new place, one of their first necessities is to access shelter. Focusing on the south-eastern region of Murcia in Spain and combining quantitative and qualitative data, I explore the process of housing market integration of Moroccan migrants. Special attention is paid to the dynamics of this process and the role that the interaction between the supply side and the foreign demand of accommodation plays. Thereby, I will emphasise how an unfavourable structure of the housing market, along with behaviour of local private landlords on the supply side leads to considerable problems concerning the housing market integration of migrants in Spain. Thus, this paper aims to give a more accurate interpretation of the dynamics influencing the housing outcomes of migrants in the studied area.
KW  - Integration
KW  - housing
KW  - Spain
KW  - Moroccans
KW  - housing careers
KW  - immigration
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1111/tesg.12006
SN  - 0040-747X
VL  - 104
IS  - 3
SP  - 308
EP  - 321
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Hoboken
ER  -