Abstract

This paper applies institutionalist theories to an exploration of continuity and change in the Italian labor immigration regime between 1990 and 2020. It asks why the regime has remained largely unchanged since the 1990s and investigates changes in regulatory settings since 2008. The explanation for the reproduction and inertia of the regime encompasses a logic of appropriateness, institutional functional complementarity and the political weakness of opposition to the status quo. The restrictions placed on labor immigration since 2008 are explained by economic and humanitarian crises and the evolution of migratory flows to Italy, which has provided alternative sources of labor.

摘要

本文将制度主义理论应用于探索 1990 年至 2020 年间意大利劳务移民制度的连续性和变化。它询问为什么该制度自 1990 年代以来基本保持不变，并调查自 2008 年以来监管环境的变化。再生产和解释政权的惰性包括适当性逻辑、制度功能互补性和反对现状的政治弱点。自 2008 年以来对劳务移民施加的限制可以解释为经济和人道主义危机以及移民流向意大利的演变，意大利提供了替代劳动力来源。