TY - BOOK AU - Geddes,Andrew AU - Scholten,Peter TI - The politics of migration & immigration in Europe SN - 9781849204675 U1 - 325.4 PY - 2016/// CY - London PB - SAGE KW - Immigrants KW - Government policy KW - Europe KW - Emigration and immigration N1 - 1. Analysing the Politics of Migration and Immigration in Europe -- Introduction -- Why do people move? Explaining mobility and immobility -- A brief history of European migration -- Trends in post-war migration -- Analytical themes -- Theme 1 Explaining immigration policies -- Theme 2 Explaining immigrant policies -- Theme 3 Explaining the effects of EU integration -- Comparing European immigration countries -- The widening of migration -- Plan of the book -- 2. Britain: The Unexpected Europeanisation of Immigration -- Introduction -- Comparing British immigration politics -- Immigration policy -- Post-imperial downsizing -- Racialised controls and the `colour problem' -- The effectiveness of controls -- The return of immigration -- Accounting for change -- Asylum and the reassertion of controls -- New openings to labour migration -- The Coalition government and the return of Conservative government -- Immigrant policy -- The origins and effects of `race relations' policy -- Immigrant integration since the 1990s -- European integration -- An opt-out state -- Conclusion -- 3. France: Still the One and Indivisible Republic? -- Introduction -- The Republican `tradition' -- Immigration policy -- Politicisation and the rise of the Front National -- Reforming French nationality, citizenship and immigration laws -- Immigration choisie and immigration subie -- Hollande's approach -- Immigrant policy -- The right to difference? -- A revival of Republicanism -- Beyond Republicanism? -- European integration -- Externalising controls -- EU citizenship and anti-discrimination policies -- Intra-EU mobility and the Roma -- Conclusion -- 4. Germany: A Country of Immigration After All -- Introduction -- Immigration policy -- Immigration to a `non-immigration country' -- Restricting immigration in a reunified Germany -- A country of immigration after all -- The refugee crisis -- Immigrant policy -- Ethno-culturalism and Auslanderpolitik -- Towards a German immigrant policy? -- European integration -- Uploading German policy preferences to EU level -- Migration from Central and Eastern Europe -- Conclusion -- 5. The Netherlands: Beyond Multiculturalism? -- Introduction -- Immigration policy -- A country shaped by immigration -- The piecemeal development of Dutch immigration policy -- Civic integration -- Migration from Central and Eastern Europe -- The Dutch struggle with the refugee crisis -- Immigrant policy -- The rise and fall of multiculturalism -- Socio-economic integration -- The assimilationist turn -- Beyond assimilation? -- European integration -- Conclusion -- 6. Sweden: Immigration Politics in an Advanced Welfare State -- Introduction -- Immigration politics Swedish-style -- Swedish social democracy and immigration -- Immigration policy -- A Scandinavian migration regime -- A humanitarian superpower? -- Liberalising labour migration -- Immigrant policy -- The development of Swedish multiculturalism -- European integration -- EU free movement and the welfare state -- Conclusion -- 7. Towards Common EU Migration and Asylum Policies? -- Introduction -- Why European integration? -- Supranational governance -- A transgovernmental system -- Immigration policy -- Free movement -- Building Schengenland -- The argument over substance -- Developing EU law and policy -- Asylum -- The EU and the refugee crisis -- Irregular migration -- The external dimension -- Family migration -- Admissions -- Immigrant policy -- Anti-discrimination -- Soft governance -- Conclusion -- 8. Italy and Spain: Opening Pandora's Box? -- Introduction -- The South European `frontline'? -- Informality and irregularity -- Immigration policy -- Responses in Italy -- From low to higher intensity immigration politics in Spain -- The EU's impact -- Immigrant policy -- Conclusion -- 9. In the Shadow of the `Fortress'? Migration Dynamics in Central and Eastern Europe -- Introduction -- Stepping out of the EU's shadow -- Immigration policy -- Patterns of migration -- Europeanisation -- Immigration Policies in CEE countries -- Immigrant, minorities and diaspora policies -- Migrants and minorities in Central and Eastern Europe -- Russian minorities -- The Roma -- Conclusion -- 10. Greece and Turkey: New Migration Dynamics in South East Europe? -- Introduction -- The effects of conflict and displacement -- Migration and borders in South East Europe -- Greece -- Immigration as a security issue -- The reliance on regularisations -- The EU's influence -- The effects of crisis -- Turkey -- The development of Turkish migration law and policy -- Legislative change -- Conclusion -- 11. Conclusion -- Introduction -- European immigration politics are now also European Union immigration politics -- The search for solidarity -- The drivers of domestic immigration politics -- Immigrant politics are local -- Convergent politics? -- Final reflections ER -