This book outlines a theory of ideational policy stabilization to explain stable policy choices despite changing incentives. Christina Zuber draws on contrasting case studies from Catalonia and South Tyrol to show that differences in policy can be explained by the political economy of historical industrialization and internal migration.

Christina Isabel Zuber is Professor of German Politics at the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Konstanz. Her background is in comparative politics and her main research areas are comparative federalism, party politics, and migration. She studied Political Science, Slavic Languages, and Philosophy at the University of Cologne, where she also received her doctorate. Before joining the University of Konstanz, she held post-doctoral positions at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, and at the Universities of Bremen and Zurich.

• Ideational legacies and the politics of migration: An introduction


• 1: A theory of ideational policy stabilization


• 2: Immigration: opportunity or threat


• 3: Setting the terms for inclusion


• 4: The legacy of internal migration


• 5: Ideas of integration and separation


• 6: Ideational stabilization in policy practice


• 7: Conclusion


• Appendix


• References