The politics of migration and immigration in Europe /

This book joins numerous published works on immigration but does not repeat them, for it is truly cross-national and comparative. The "horizontal" dimension of the book is reflected in the focus not only on Britain, France, Germany, Sweden, and the Netherlands--the western European countries most frequently discussed--but also on countries in southern and eastern Europe. The "vertical" dimension is particularly impressive, for it covers most of the aspects related to immigration, including naturalization, political asylum, and novel approaches to, and new meanings of, citizenship. These issues are reflected in constitutional and legal changes, which Geddes examines as well. He also devotes an important segment to immigration policies both as causes of domestic problems and responses to them, including economic integration, education, and multiculturalism. Geddes examines the impact of immigration on the shrinking labor market, the orientations of political parties, and prevailing ideologies such as laicite, among other topics. Finally, he discusses the "ethnicization" of politics and its implications for interracial and interreligious relations, particularly in view of growing economic difficulties and threats to security--the debate on national identity and the future of European integration. Many useful statistical tables, a comprehensive bibliography, and a good index are included. ^BSumming Up: Highly recommended. General readers and upper-division undergraduates and above. W. Safran University of Colorado at Boulder