Immigration and the Transformation of Europe

A comprehensive assessment of immigration and migration and their policy implications in twentyfirst-century Europe.

Craig A. Parsons (Edited by), Timothy M. Smeeding (Edited by)

9780521088282, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 30 October 2008

504 pages, 92 tables
23.4 x 16.2 x 2.9 cm, 0.73 kg

Review of the hardback: 'International migration is a multidimensional phenomenon, which can be better understood by combining competences ranging from demography to economics, from political science to sociology. This volume collects contributions from distinguished experts from these various disciplines and focuses on Europe, the region of the planet where migration is, at the same time, most badly needed and most heavily opposed. It is a must read for social scientists interested in this issue.' Tito Boeri, IGIER, University of Bocconi

A new kind of historic transformation is underway in twenty-first-century Europe. Twentieth-century Europeans were no strangers to social, economic and political change, but their major challenges focused mainly on the intra-European construction of stable, prosperous, capitalist democracies. Today, by contrast, one of the major challenges is flows across borders - and particularly in-flows of non-European people. Immigration and minority integration consistently occupy the headlines. The issues which rival immigration - unemployment, crime, terrorism - are often presented by politicians as its negative secondary effects. Immigration is also intimately connected to the profound challenges of demographic change, economic growth and welfare-state reform. Both academic observers and the European public are increasingly convinced that Europe's future will largely turn on how is admits and integrates non-Europeans. This book is a comprehensive stock-taking of the contemporary situation and its policy implications.

List of figures
List of tables
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
1. What's unique about immigration in Europe? Craig A. Parsons and Timothy M. Smeeding
2. Europe's immigration challenge in demographic perspective Paul Demeny
3. Migration into OECD countries 1990–2000 Peder J. Pedersen, Mariola Pytlikova and Nina Smith
4. Divergent patterns in immigrant earnings across European destinations Alicia Adserà and Barry R. Chiswick
5. Economic consequences of immigration in Europe Herbert Brücker, Joachim R. Frick and Gert G. Wagner
6. Occupational status of immigrants in cross-national perspective: a multilevel analysis of seventeen Western societies Frank van Tubergen
7. Immigrants, unemployment and Europe's varying welfare regimes Ann Morissens
8. How different are immigrants? A cross-country and cross-survey analysis of educational achievement Sylke Viola Schnepf
9. Immigration, education and the Turkish second generation in five European nations: a comparative study Maurice Crul and Hans Vermeulen
10. Managing transnational Islam: Muslims and the state in Western Europe Jonathan Laurence
11. Migration mobility in European diasporic space Jacqueline Andall
12. The new migratory Europe: towards a proactive immigration policy? Marco Martiniello
13. European immigration in the people's court Jack Citrin and John Sides
14. The politics of immigration in France, Britain and the United States: a transatlantic comparison Martin A. Schain
15. 'Useful' Gastarbeiter, burdensome asylum seekers, and the second wave of welfare retrenchment: exploring the nexus between migration and the welfare state Georg Menz
16. The European Union dimension: supranational integration, free movement of persons, and immigration politics Adam Luedtke
17. The effectiveness of governments' attempts to control unwanted migration Eiko R. Thielemann
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Subject Areas: Political economy [KCP], International economics [KCL], Macroeconomics [KCB], Economics [KC], Comparative politics [JPB], Sociology & anthropology [JH]