Ideologii ale migraţiei, politici ale migraţiei

Abstract

The article studies the migration policy making and sets as an independent variable ideology. The innovative element suggested is that ideology can be constructed not only from above, but also from below. In other words, the classical explicative model would develop from the definition of a situation as a social problem by a group with cultural capital to the awareness of the social problem and imposition of a policy. Contrary to this, the article makes the distinction between formal and informal ideology and furthermore, institutionalized and noninstitutionalized ideology. While the formal ideology is placed at the level of the state managers and power elites, the informal one forms the culture of migration and motivates towards action. I focus in the analysis on the system of migration formed, on the one hand by Romania as a sending country and its policies of emigration, and on the other hand, Italy and Spain, as receiving countries. Italy and Spain are similar countries in the European migration system. Regardless of the similarities, their migration policies are different. This leads to the assumption that there are other variables more important in explaining migration management; such as the ideology on migration.