The Politics of Migration and Immigration in Europe

This text fulfills a major gap by comprehensively reviewing one of the most salient policy issues in Europe today, migration and immigration. It is the first book to address the question of whether we can legitimately speak of a European politics of migration that links states in terms of their policy response to each other and to an evolving EU policy.
The book carefully differentiates between different types of migration, introduces the main concepts and debates, and provides a broad comparative framework from which to assess the role and impact of individual states and the European Union (EU) and European integration to this key contemporary issue.
Topical and up-to-date, the author fully reviews the politics and policies of immigration across the breadth and depth of Europe including the `older' immigration countries of France, Germany and the United Kingdom, the `newer' southern European countries, and the enlargement states of East and Central Europe.
The Politics of Immigration and Migration in Europe is essential reading for all undergraduate and post-graduate students of European politics, political science and the social sciences more generally.
Table of Contents:
Analyzing the European Politics of Migration
Maintaining `Fortress Britain'?
France
Still the One and Indivisible Republic?
Germany
Normalised Immigration Politics?
Multicultural Dilemmas in The Netherlands and Sweden
The Politics of Migration in an Integrating Europe
Southern Europe
Immigration Politics in Newer Immigration Countries
The Europeanization of Migration Politics in Central and Eastern Europe
Assessing the European Politics of Migration