Pierre Monforte is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Leicester. He received his PhD from the European University Institute in Florence (Italy) and was a post-doctoral fellow at the Université de Montréal. His research explores the dynamics of protest for migrants’ rights in France, Germany, Canada and the UK.

• List of tables and figuresIntroduction: The europeanization of social movements and immigration and asylum policiesChapter 1. The evolution of the French and German pro-asylum movements since the beginning of the 1990sChapter 2. The components of the French and German pro-asylum movements in comparative perspectiveChapter 3. The europeanization of the pro-asylum movements: evidences from the networks, frames, and collective actionsChapter 4. The different modes of europeanization of the pro-asylum movementsChapter 5. The europeanization of social movements: a process of inclusion into, and exclusion from, a particular fieldConclusion:The europeanization of social movements and the emergence of a European public spherePro-asylum movements and the European Union: three conclusionsList of interviewsReferences

“The wealth of in-depth semi-structured interviews and documents constitute the rich empirical basis upon which the book’s convincing conclusions rest… Overall, this book will be of great interest to anyone working in the field of Europeanization of social movements and Europeanization processes in general. It will also be of great benefit to scholars interested in asylum policies in Europe.” • H-France Review“Conceptually strong, methodologically plausible, well engaged with the literature, very well written, and with conclusions limited to the evidence.” • Justin Greenwood, Robert Gordon University“This book addresses a timely and under-researched topic…The empirical parts of the book present a large body of new information on social movement organizations in the two countries in a detailed and convincing manner.” • Barbara Laubenthal, University of Konstanz