Europe's migrant policies
Subtitle: illusions of integration
By: Suzanne Mulcahy
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780230299993
Subjects: Government policy; Social integration; Immigrants; Social policy; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Law Enforcement; Social conditions; Emigration and immigration
Description: Europe is becoming increasingly anxious about issues of immigration and immigrant integration. Bans on the construction of minarets in Switzerland, prohibition of the wearing of face-covering veils in Belgium and crackdowns on Roma migrants in France and Italy are all signs of the growing prominence of the issue. Apart from these headline-grabbing policies, many European countries have also been imposing civic integration policies on migrants and restricting their rights to participate in public life. What is driving such policies at the national level? And where does the EU fit into this picture? This book provides a comparative analysis of the impact of the EU, if any, on the policies and politics of immigrant integration in its member states. It investigates whether the EU can be a force for good in a policy area until now thought to be at the discretion of member states. -- Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-232) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Theorising policy convergence in Europe; title: The emergence of a common EU policy on immigrant integration; title: The dynamics of immigrant integration policymaking at EU level; title: Civil integration policies in Europe; title: Explaining outliers : a closer look at civic integration in Germany and Italy; title: Explaining outliers : a closer look at migrant enfranchisement in Germany and Belgium; title: Conclusions.