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Providing public healthcare to irregular migrants: the everyday politics and local negotiation of formal entitlements and effective access in London and Barcelona
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posted on 2023-06-09, 03:18 authored by Reinhard SchweitzerThis article aims to contribute to a better understanding of local processes of policy implementation in areas that are characterised by a high level of politicisation and where decisions are underpinned by conflicting normative and functional imperatives. Based on original research data collected in London and Barcelona, it compares the formal entitlements and effective access of irregular migrants to publicly funded healthcare services provided at the local level. My analysis suggests that where the political context makes it difficult for national governments to openly justify and formalise the inclusion of unlawful residents, they tend to resort to a contradictory rhetoric and ambiguous legal frameworks. In practice, this means that the underlying conflicts have to be mediated by lower levels of government, as well as those institutions and individuals responsible for implementing this set of complex, frequently changing and often inconsistent rules and regulations.
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INTEGRIM; European Union; FP7 grant agreement n° 316796
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Universitat Pompeu FabraPublisher URL
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30.0Place of publication
Barcelona, SpainDepartment affiliated with
- Geography Publications
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- Sussex Centre for Migration Research Publications
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Universitat Pompeu FabraFull text available
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2016-10-05First Open Access (FOA) Date
2016-10-05First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2016-10-04Usage metrics
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