The Politics of Immigration in Western Europe

Martin Baldwin-Edwards, Martin A. Schain

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9780714645933
• eBook ISBN: 9781135203498
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Politics
• Index: Politics & International Relations

This book is devoted to an analysis of how immigration has emerged as a political issue, how the politics of immigration have been constructed, and what have been the consequences in western Europe. Specific coverage is given to France, the UK, Italy, Austria and Germany, along with the emerging EU policy process and some cross-national comparisons.

Index

Adler, Victor, 79

Albania, 44–5

Algeria, 95, 96, 97, 99, 114, see also North Africa

Aliens Act (1905), 18, 21, 30

Aliens Order (1920), 21, 22

anti-Semitism, and Britain, 19–20

and France, 162

Associazioni Cristiane dei Lavoratori Italiani, 38

Asylum and Immigration Appeals Bill, 28

asylum-seekers, and Austria, 3, 74–5, 83

and Belgium, 3

and Britain, 3, 4, 21–5, 26–9

and Eastern Europe, 3, 27–30, 74–5, 83

and the European Union, 180–3, 184–6

and France, 3, 4, 10

and Germany, 3, 4, 10, 53, 60, 61–6, 67–8, 73, 176, 180–1, 184

and Italy, 3, 4, 35, 44–5

and the Netherlands, 3

and the Soviet Union, 3

and Spain, 4

and Sweden, 3

and Western Europe, 27–8, 184–6

and Yugoslavia, 3, 26–7

aussiedler (ethnic Germans), 51–2, 53, 54, 59–61, 63

Austria, asylum-seekers, 3, 74–5, 83

citizenship, 77, 192

and Czechs, 78–80

ethnicity, 73, 80, 81, 82–3, 87–8

and the European Union, 72–3

and guest workers, 79, 83

immigration, 2, 75, 78–83

immigration law, 86

immigration policy, 86–8

nationality, 82–3

political parties, 75–7, 84–6

public opinion, 74, 75–6, 84–6

Balladur, Edouard, 179

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgements
• The Politics of Immigration: Introduction
• The Politics of Immigration to Britain: East-West Migrations in the Twentieth Century
• Recent Immigration Politics in Italy: A Short Story
• How to Define a Foreigner? The Symbolic Politics of Immigration in German Partisan Discourse, 1978-1992
• National Identity and Immigration in Austria - Historical Framework and Political Dispute
• Immigrants as Political Actors in France
• Integration in Theory and Practice: A Comparison of France and Britain
• The Debate on Immigration and the Crisis of National Identity
• Towards Understanding State Capacity to Prevent Unwanted Migrations
• European Union Immigration Policy: Phantom, Fantasy or Fact?
• Briefing Paper: Naturalisation Policies in Western Europe
• Guide to Further Reading
• Notes on Contributors
• Index