The Politics of Immigration in Multi-Level States / Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series (PDF)

Ilke Adam, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Jean-Thomas Arrighi de Casanova, European University Institute, Italy
Fiona Barker, Victoria University, New Zealand
Francesca Campomori, Università Ca' Foscari, Italy
Tiziana Caponio, Università di Torino, Italy
Régis Dandoy, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Jan Erk, Universiteit Leiden, The Netherlands
Núria Franco-Guillén, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain
Raffaele Iacovino, Carleton University, Canada
Dirk Jacobs, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Michael Rosie, University of Edinburgh, UK
Oliver Schmidtke, University of Victoria, Canada
Peter Scholten, Universiteit Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Andrej Zaslove, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, The Netherlands

"Comparative studies of immigration policies and politics generally regard the state as a single agent or arena. The essays and case studies in this volume show how territorial divisions inside democratic states matter for the governance of immigration as well as for political competition between parties over immigration issues. This book presents the most comprehensive and systematic attempt so far to understand how territorial interests at substate level shape responses to international migration." - Rainer Bauböck, European University Institute, Italy

"This is an outstanding contribution to theories of immigration policy, focusing on the important but neglected question of substate approaches to immigration. Hepburn and Zapata-Barrero's book is exemplary in developing a rigorous and compelling theoretical framework, which is then applied to produce rich and nuanced empirical findings across a number of European states. The research shows how distinct approaches to framing and governance have shaped immigration and integration policy at the substate level; but also how these differential dynamics of governance and political mobilisation on immigration have affected wider patterns of central/substate relations. The book looks set to become a key reference point for advanced students and scholars of immigration policy and territorial politics." - Christina Boswell, University of Edinburgh, UK

"The Politics of Immigration in Multilevel States constitutes an ambitious and sustained effort at bringing together the emerging literature on immigration, multilevel governance and political parties. This book innovates in various ways but especially though its account of state as well as substate levels initiatives in the field of immigration and citizenship policies. In addition, scholars mobilized in this project make a major contribution to the expanding literature on multinational democracies." - Alain-G. Gagnon, Université du Québec à Montréal,