The Politics of Migration and Immigration in Europe / Edition 1

by Andrew Geddes

Overview

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 it is possible to 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761956693
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	06/16/2003
Series:	SAGE Politics Texts series
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.49(d)

About the Author

Andrew Geddes is a Professor in the Department of Politics at the University of Sheffield. He specializes in comparative analysis of politics and policy-making in Europe, with a particular interest in the politics of international migration. He has published in numerous journals such as the Journal of Common Market Studies, International Migration and Journal of European Public Policy and has authored several books including the Politics of Migration and Immigration in Europe (SAGE, 2003).

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

Editorial Reviews

This book offers an exceptionally lucid and insightful overview of national European and EU policies on immigration and integration, exploring how the two intersect. It should be required reading for students and scholars of European migration.

Christina Boswell