The Politics of Migration and Immigration in Europe

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.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.

• 1.Analysing the Politics of Migration and Immigration in Europe2.Britain: the Unexpected Europeanisation of Immigration3.France: Still the one and indivisible Republic?4. Germany: A country of immigration after all5.The Netherlands: Beyond Multiculturalism?6.Sweden: Immigration Politics in an Advanced Welfare State7.Towards Common EU Migration and Asylum Policies?8. Italy and Spain: Opening Pandora’s Box9. In the Shadow of the ‘Fortress’? Migration Dynamics in Central and Eastern Europe10.Greece and Turkey: New Migration Dynamics in South East Europe11.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.