Immigration and Integration Policy in Europe
Why Politics - and the Centre-Right - Matter
- 164 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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About this book
The role of political parties in immigration control and integration policy in Europe is underestimated, and parties on the centre-right are particularly important and interesting in this respect. They make up many European governments and therefore help determine state and EU policy. Moreover, even before the rise of the populist radical right, immigration and integration were matters of genuine ideological and practical concern for Europe's market liberal, conservative and Christian Democratic parties. Exploiting such issues for electoral gain may make superficial sense, but too hard a line risks alienating their supporters in business and in civil society, as well as undermining party unity. It is a difficult balance, but one that makes a big difference both to the parties involved and the public policies they help produce. This volume brings together experts on both migration and political parties – fields that have not always interacted as much as they could or should have done – in order to study the impacts, dilemmas and trade-offs involved.
This book is based on the special issue of the Journal of European Public Policy.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- 1 Turning round the telescope. Centre-right parties and immigration and integration policy in Europe
- 2 Politicizing migration: opportunity or liability for the centre-right in Germany?
- 3 Il rombo dei cannoni? Immigration and the centre-right in Italy
- 4 Going different ways? Right-wing parties and the immigrant issue in Denmark and Sweden
- 5 Nicolas Sarkozy and the politics of French immigration policy
- 6 A double-edged sword! The Dutch centre-right and the “foreigners issue”
- 7 Towards consensus? Centre-right parties and immigration policy in the UK and Ireland
- 8 Immigration and the transnational European centre-right: a common programmatic response?
- 9 Politics matters: a conclusion
- 10 Commentary: Why political parties matter
- Index