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The Politics of Migration and Immigration in Europe

Second Edition

Andrew Geddes - University of Sheffield, UK
Peter Scholten - Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands

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European Politics | Globalization | Sociology of Migration

August 2016 | 288 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd

Migration and immigration are high on any nation’s agenda but have particular resonance in Europe in light of recent events. The new edition of this book has been fully updated in this respect and explores:

Immigration policy in individual EU nations
The treatment of migrants, including immigrant policies
The development and effects of the Shengen agreement
The movement towards common EU policies.

It looks specifically at the contexts of Britain, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Greece and Turkey as well as a examining the changing nature of migration dynamics in central and Eastern Europe.

This book is a significant and timely analysis suitable for students of migration at any level.

1. Analysing the Politics of Migration and Immigration in Europe

2. Britain: the Unexpected Europeanisation of Immigration

3. France: Still the one and indivisible Republic?

4. Germany: A country of immigration after all

5. The Netherlands: Beyond Multiculturalism?

6. Sweden: Immigration Politics in an Advanced Welfare State

7. Towards Common EU Migration and Asylum Policies?

8. Italy and Spain: Opening Pandora’s Box

9. In the Shadow of the ‘Fortress’? Migration Dynamics in Central and Eastern Europe

10. Greece and Turkey: New Migration Dynamics in South East Europe

11. Conclusion

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

University of Edinburgh

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Chapter 1 - Analysing the Politics of Migration and Immigration in Europe

Andrew Geddes

Andrew Geddes is Professor of Politics and Co-Director of the Faculty of Social Sciences Migration Research Group at the University of Sheffield. He was awarded a European Research Council Advanced Investigator grant for 2014-19 to analyse the drivers of global migration governance through comparison of Europe, North America, South America and Asia-Pacific. More About Author

Peter Scholten

Peter Scholten is Associate Professor of Public Policy & Politics at Ersamus University and director of IMISCOE, Europe’s largest research network on international migration, integration and cohesion. Also, Peter is editor in chief of the journal Comparative Migration Studies, and member of the editorial board of the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis. At Erasmus University he is also coordinator of a MSc programme on the Governance of Migration and Diversity. More About Author

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