MANAGING MIGRATION? EU ENLARGEMENT, LOCAL GOVERNMENT CAPACITY AND PERFORMANCE IN ENGLAND Academic Article

abstract

• This study explores how English local governments managed high levels of worker migration from Eastern Europe in the wake of the enlargement of the European Union in 2004. Theories of local government capacity suggest that strong central administration and vibrant community organizational life can increase the likelihood that public service performance will be maintained despite sudden shifts in the external environment. We explore the interactive effects of immigration and administrative and community capacity on English local government performance, using multivariate statistical techniques. The results suggest that local government capacity moderated the negative impact on performance of migration from Eastern Europe. 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

authors

• Meier, Kenneth

published proceedings

• Public Administration

author list (cited authors)

• ANDREWS, R., BOYNE, G., TOOLE, L. O., MEIER, K., & WALKER, R.

citation count

• 21

complete list of authors

• ANDREWS, RHYS||BOYNE, GEORGE||TOOLE, LARRY O’||MEIER, KENNETH||WALKER, RICHARD

publication date

• March 2013

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

published in

• Public Administration: an international quarterly covering public administration throughout the world  Journal

keywords

• 44 Human Society
• 4407 Policy And Administration
• 4408 Political Science

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2012.02043.x

start page

• 174

end page

• 194

volume

• 91

issue

• 1

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%2Fj.1467-9299.2012.02043.x