Publication Date

2018

Document Type

Dissertation/Thesis

First Advisor

Clark, Michael

Degree Name

M.A. (Master of Arts)

Legacy Department

Department of Political Science

LCSH

Public administration; Political science

Abstract

The European Union has seen millions of asylum seekers cross into its borders in the 21st century. This event has pressed individual EU nations to accept a portion of the arriving asylum seekers in order to assist the union in tackling the inflow of seekers. However, each nation's generosity towards accepting asylum seekers varies tremendously. This paper will test to see if nationalist tendencies in the population of a nation have an influence on the nation's asylum seeker generosity in the current migrant crisis (2005--2016). It will then investigate the Czech Republic that follows the paradigm set forth in this thesis. Finally, it will examine the unique case of Austria as to why this nation is the biggest outlier in the paradigm set forth.

Comments

Advisors: Michael Clark.||Committee members: Colin Kuehl; Ches Thurber.||Includes illustrations.||Includes bibliographical references.

Extent

91 pages

Language

eng

Publisher

Northern Illinois University

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In Copyright

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NIU theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from Huskie Commons for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without the written permission of the authors.

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