Citizenship in European Cities

Karen Kraal, Steven Vertovec, Rinus Penninx

’This book offers exciting new research on a subject of highest relevance for the future of the city. It sets new standards in methodological and analytical terms by offering a series of rigorously designed comparisons within and across European countries. The results are surprising and will stimulate research for years to come.’ Professor Andreas Wimmer, University of California Los Angeles, USA ’This collection is a valuable addition to expert literature...an excellent volume...’ Ethnic and Racial Studies

• Contents: Introduction: European cities and their new residents, Rinus Penninx, Karen Kraal, Marco Martiniello and Steven Vertovec; The politics of minority-majority relations: how immigrant policies developed in Paris, Berlin and Zurich, Hans Mahnig; Ethnic minority local councillors in French and British cities: social determinants and political opportunity structures, Romain Garbaye; Comparing local policies toward migrants: an analytical framework, a typology and preliminary survey results, Michael Alexander; Do immigrant policies matter? ethnic civic communities and immigrant policies in Amsterdam, Liège and Zurich, Meindert Fennema and Jean Tillie; Top-down and bottom-up reconsidered: the dynamics of immigrant policies in local civil society, M. Margarida Marques and Rui Santos; Migrants as mediators in a comparative perspective, Damian Moore; Integration processes and policies: state of the art and lessons, Rinus Penninx and Marco Martiniello; Index.