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Immigration and politics in the new Europe, reinventing borders, Gallya Lahav

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Immigration and politics in the new Europe, reinventing borders, Gallya Lahav

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eng

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Immigration and politics in the new Europe

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electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

829706630

Responsibility statement

Gallya Lahav

Series statement

Themes in European governanceCambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

reinventing borders

Summary

With almost a quarter of the world's migrants, Europe has been attempting to regulate migration and harmonize immigration policy at the European level. The central dilemma exposed is how liberal democracies can reconcile the need to control the movement of people with the desire to promote open borders, free markets and liberal standards. Gallya Lahav's book traces ten years of public opinion and elite attitudes toward immigration cross-nationally to show how and why increasing EU integration may not necessarily lead to more open immigration outcomes. Empirical evidence reveals that support from both elite and public opinion has led to the adoption of restrictive immigration policies despite the requirements of open borders. Unique in bringing together original data on European legislators and national elites, longitudinal data on public opinion and institutional and policy analyses, this 2004 study provides an important insight into the processes of European integration, and globalization more broadly.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Towards a people's Europe: an institutional analysis of immigration policy in the European Union -- 3. An attitudinal portrait of a people's Europe: a comparative overview of public opinion and elite preferences -- 4. Immigration politics and the new Europe: organizing competing interests -- 5. The 'European Factor': institutional and psychological constraints on immigration attitudes -- 6. Conclusions: the construction of a European immigration regime?

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Immigration & Politics in the New Europe

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