9. From Exclusion to More Exclusion: Immigration and Social Welfare Access in the United States

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Index v
3. Figures and Tables vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Section One: Setting the Stage
6. 1. Introduction 1
7. 2. The IESPI and Descriptive Findings 15
8. Section Two: Quantitative Analyses
9. 3. The Drivers of Exclusion 35
10. 4. Appeasement via Exclusion? Differential Access to Social Programs and Their Effects on Xenophobia, Racism, and Perceived Welfare System Abuse 59
11. 5. Closing the Gaps: The Positive Effects of Welfare Inclusion on Immigrants’ Labour Market Integration 79
12. 6. It Ain’t about the Money: A Cross-Country Study of the Fiscal Implications of Immigrant Exclusion 101
13. Section Three: Case Studies
14. 7. Between Equality and Exclusion: Migrant Integration in Austria’s Bismarckian Welfare System 131
15. 8. Inclusion under Pressure: The Case of Norway 155
16. 9. From Exclusion to More Exclusion: Immigration and Social Welfare Access in the United States 175
17. 10. Why Choose the Inclusionary Path? Social Policy in a Recent Welfare and Immigration Country: The Case of Portugal 195
18. Section Four: Concluding Reflections
19. 11. Welfare and Immigration: Factoring In the Neoliberal Order 227
20. 12. Philosophies of Inclusion and Exclusion 237
21. 13. Conclusions: Is an Inclusive Multicultural Welfare State a Feasible Project? 251
22. Appendix: Detailed Country Descriptions 267
23. Bibliography 453
24. Contributors 489