The moving lines of multilevel governance

Thomas Lacroix, Jorge Enrique Culebro Moreno and Juan Carlos Triviño-Salazar

Chapter 35 in Handbook of Research on Migration, COVID-19 and Cities, 2025, pp 624-639 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: From Mexico to Japan, from Durban to Los Angeles, cities around the world are increasingly involved in the management of immigrant populations. Research shows that cities may endorse opposite stances. While most may be loyal to national orientations, some may commit themselves to more progressive policies, favouring the access of migrants to different rights and services. The chapter investigates if this opposition still marks municipal policies in times of crisis. Do cities take advantage of exceptional times to express further their political orientations? Or do the pressing needs of the populations induce converging attitudes? The comparison between Mexico, a state capital aligning on federal policies, and Barcelona, a city known for its rebellious endeavours, shows that, despite opposite political stance, the difference between the policies undertaken by the two municipalities is more a matter of degree and modality of implementation than of content.

Keywords: Mexico; Barcelona; COVID-19; Municipal Policies; Municipal Activism; Multilevel Governance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035301225
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