Immigration and politics in the new Europe : reinventing borders / Gallya Lahav.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lahav, Gallya, author.

Series:

Themes in European governance.

Themes in European governance

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--European Union countries--Public opinion.

Immigrants.

Immigrants--Government policy--European Union countries--Public opinion.

Public opinion--European Union countries.

Public opinion.

Elite (Social sciences)--European Union countries--Attitudes.

Elite (Social sciences).

European Union countries--Emigration and immigration--Public opinion.

European Union countries.

European Union countries--Emigration and immigration--Government policy--Public opinion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 316 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Immigration & Politics in the New Europe

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

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.

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?

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-19517-9

1-139-81000-6

1-107-32167-0

1-107-31628-6

1-107-31809-2

0-511-55888-0

1-107-31724-X

1-299-39938-X

1-107-31530-1

OCLC:

776966526