Dataset on Immigrant Integration Governance (DIIG)https://doi.org/10.18710/ZMJLZTHernes, VildeDataverseNO2020-01-032023-09-28T21:20:31ZThe dataset documents the ministerial structure of the immigration and integration field in 16 Western European countries (EU15 + Norway) from 1997 to 2017, including variables for country, year, descriptive account of structural change, title of ministry and miniter responsible for integration, title of ministry responsible for immigration, type of change, classification of coupled issues (7 categories), classification of integration as signaled/not signaled, and classification of integration as coupled/decoupled from immigration and/or justice. Additionally it includes data from the Parlgov database (Döring and Manow, 2016) on national elections, governments, and government parties and their party family affiliation.Social SciencesImmigrationIntegrationHorizontal governanceMinisterial structureWestern EuropeEnglishHernes, Vilde: "Policy preferences and ministerial structures: Immigrant integration governance in Western Europe, 1997–2017." Governance. An International Journal of Policy, Administration and Institutions. Volume 34, Issue 1, 2021, pages 127-146., doi, 10.1111/gove.12481, https://doi.org/10.1111/gove.124812020-01-02Hernes, VildeKårtvedt, Leif Erlend2020-01-02199720172018-01-012019-10-11Hernes, Vilde, 2020, "Replication Data for: Policy Preferences and Ministerial Structures: Immigrant Integration Governance in Western Europe, 1997–2017.", https://doi.org/10.18710/VH95QC, DataverseNOEnumerationThe main sources to conduct the dataset has been annual country reports and cross-country analyses from the European Migration Network and the INTERACT project, where country experts and government authorities have reported systematically on the governmental bodies responsible for integration and immigration. These sources are supplemented and validated by the following sources: 1) European Website on Integration and the EU Immigration Portal, 2) governmental webpages, 3) official historical online archives of ministries and ministers in government cabinets, 4) national databases on state administration, 5) policy documents, and 6) academic books and articles with detailed case studies of the selected countries.
See "list of references" for detailed references used for each country.AustriaBelgiumDenmarkFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceItalyLuxembourgNorwayPortugalSpainSwedenNetherlandsUnited KingdomCC0 1.0