The essays in this volume examine and evaluate responses to immigration pressures in Western countries. Contributors tackle questions concerning the integrity of modern nation-states, the meaning of citizenship and the relevance of sovereignty in an increasingly interdependent world. They also seek to demonstrate how migration flows relate to larger global problems such as unequal economic development, population growth, ethnic strife and environmental degradation. The chapters represent a balance between insights from academic research on migration issues and the pragmatic and experimental views of policy-makers.
Part 1 Conceptualising and analyzing immigration: The impacts of
immigration on receiving countries, Philip L. Martin; Immigration and
integration in western Europe - a comparative analysis, James Hollifield;
Migration and the democratic context of European political institutions, Rey
Koslowsky; World society and the future of international migration - a
theoretical perspective, Hans-Joachim Hoffman-Nowotny. Part 2 Contemporary
immigration and western societies: Europe under migration pressure - some
facts on immigration, David A. Coleman; Magnitude, trends and dynamics of
immigration into North America the need for a global perspective - the
contextual framework, Bimal Ghosh; The political uses of xenophobia in
England, France and Germany, Dietrich Thranhardt; Testing tolerance - the
impact of non-European migrants on western European cultures, Beverly
Springer; Immigration and public finance - the case of the Netherlands, Anton
Kuijsten; Ethnic business - ethnic communities and ethnopolitics among Turks
in Europe, Mermin Abadan-Unat. Part 3 The challenge of immigration - some
policy responses: International migration and security - towards
transatlantic convergence? Mark Miller; The European union and the
immigration problem - small steps and possible solutions, Chris Bourdouvalis;
Europe's search for policy - the harmonization of asylum policy and European
integration, Emek Ucaret; Immigration in the twentieth century - which
framework for policy responses?, Reinhard Lohrmann; European immigration
policies in the twenty-first century? Cornelius Dennis de Jong.
