Challenging Immigration and Ethnic Relations Politics

Acta Politica: International Journal of Political Science This book is one of the better contributions to the field of the politics of immigration and ethnic relations. It will prove invaluable reading for political scientists interested in this research field, as well as for researchers in the field of ethnic and migration studies who want to understand how and why 'politics matter'.

Introduction; PART I: CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES; Migration and Ethnic Relations as a Field of Political Contention: An Opportunity Structure Approach; Multiculturalism and Political Integration in European Cities; Citizenship, Multiculturalism and the Politics of Identity: Contemporary Dilemmas and Policy Agendas; PART II: NATIONAL APPROACHES TO MIGRATION AND ETHNIC RELATIONS POLITICS; Models of Incorporation for Ethnic Minorities; Legal Repression of Extreme-Right Parties and Racial Discrimination; Mobilisation of Culture and the Reform of Citizenship Law: Germany and the United States; Conflict, Consensus, and Policy Outcomes: Immigration and Integration in Germany and the Netherlands; PART III: MIGRANT AND XENOPHOBIC CHALLENGES TO MIGRATION AND ETHNIC RELATIONS POLITICS; Challenging the Liberal Nation-State? Postnationalism, Multiculturalism, and the Collective Claims-making of Migrants and Ethnic Minorities; Reaping What They Sow: Institutions and Immigrant Political Participation in Western Europe; Ethnic Minorities, Cities, and Institutions: A Comparison of the Modes of Management of Ethnic Diversity of a French and a British City; Major Anti-Minority Riots and National Legislative Campaigns Against Immigrants in Britain and Germany; Ethnocentric Party Mobilisation in Europe: The Importance of the Three-dimensional Approach; Xenophobic Violence and Ethnic Conflict at the Local Level: Lessons from the Scandinavian Experience; PART IV: A TRANSNATIONALISATION OF MIGRATION AND ETHNIC RELATIONS POLITICS; Antiracist Responses to European Integration; Immigration and European Integration: New Opportunities for Transnational Mobilisation?