1st Edition

Mechanisms of Immigration Control A Comparative Analysis of European Regulation Policies

Edited By Grete Brochmann, Tomas Hammar Copyright 1999
352 Pages
by Routledge

352 Pages
by Routledge

352 Pages
by Routledge

Perhaps the most vexing question facing Europe today is what to do about asylum seekers and people in search of work who arrive daily, some escaping nations where poverty and persecution are, for them, facts of life. Given its costs - both human and economic - immigration policy has understandably become a highly politicized issue. With the abolition of internal borders within the EU, new controls... Read more
Acknowledgements, Notes on Contributors, 1. The Mechanisms of Control, 2. Germany's Immigration Policies and Politics, 3. Ideas, Institutions and Civil Society: On the Limits of Immigration Control in France, 4. Immigration Control without Integration Policy: An Austrian Dilemma, 5. Migration Control and Minority Policy: the Case of the Netherlands, 6. Closing the Doors to the Swedish Welfare State, 7. Redrawing Lines of Control: The Norwegian Welfare State Dilemma, 8. Planning in the Dark: the Evolution of Italian Immigration Control, 9. The Emergence of Migration Control Politics in Hungary, 10. Controlling Immigration in Europe, Index

Biography

Grete Brochmann The Institute for Social Research,Oslo Tomas Hammar Stockholm University