CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2015
| Author | Német, Erzsébet Anita |
|---|---|
| Title | Western Flag, Eastern Wind - The Hungarian Immigrant Investor Program Conflicting Migration Policies in Contemporary Hungary |
| Summary | The present study aims at unpacking the sharpening contradictions in the field of migration in contemporary Hungary. By the amendments to Act No. 2 of 2007 on the Admission and Right of Residence of Third-Country Nationals the Hungary joint the global trend of residence by investment. By the enactment of the law, non-European nationals can acquire permanent residence status, in return for their investment in special bonds of EUR 300 000. The neoliberal character of this program stands in stark contrast to the increasing anti-immigrant sentiment of the state and its ideal vision of the “illiberal state”. The thesis aims to account for these radical contradictions by studying this program as a state policy. Analyzing it at three levels, it comes to light that the program indicates an uneven hollowing out tendency in the field of migration that result in inconsistent and fragmented migration policies that polarize immigrants to an extraordinary extent. |
| Supervisor | Dorit Geva, Prem Kumar Rajaram |
| Department | Sociology MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2015/nemet_erzsebet-anita.pdf |
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