Synopsis
Migrant workers are now a major concern for the governments of Western Europe. Questions of their legal status, their impact on social programs, and the financial strains placed on the host countries recently have been the topic of heated debates within government and private circles. This engaging volume examines in detail the rights of migrant workers in seven West European nationsùSweden, Switzerland, Britain, France, West Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgium. It describes the expansion of these rights in the postwar period (especially the granting of local voting rights in several countries), and analyzes naturalization policies and the workers′ attitude toward them.
As the first detailed comparative study on this important topic, this volume will be of great value to students, scholars, and policy makers interested in migration, ethnic minorities, and western European politics.
"The strength of the volume is its topical organization. Each chapter presents an overview of the most relevant facts. As a whole, the volume provides a good and concise treatment of the formal social and political status of immigrants in Western Europe′s most important immigration societies. It is of particular value for those seeking an up-to-date introduction to the political problematic of immigration in Europe; and it can serve well as a text in courses on comparative immigration and ethnicity."
--Contemporary Sociology
"An invaluable catalogue of the industrial, civil and political rights of immigrants and details of their participation in trade union, immigrant, political and other associations in Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and West Germany."
--The London Times Higher Education Supplement
"The subject of this book is of great importance in view of the expansion of immigrant communities in Europe, and it will become even more so with the free mobility of labor envisaged for the region after 1992. The contributions--especially the chapters by the editor--contain interesting and controversial discussions...Recommended for college and university students at all levels as well as for the general reader."
--Choice
"The reader will be familiar with the general theme of the volume since the mass media continually demonstrate the day-to-day events. What makes the book worthwhile seems to us the careful systematic analysis of the factual, legal, human and social aspects of Western Europe′s most visible unsolved problem."
--Revue Suisse de Sociologie
"This nicely edited volume...must be considered the most authoritative source on the political implications of postwar international migration to Western Europe. Its publication is timely as immigration is now generally recognized to be a key political issue across Western Europe."
--International Migration Review
"Many of the papers rely on research that is relatively well known, but they bring material together in an original manner and succeed in linking various themes within a broadly compatible framework. This collection is a valuable addition to the existing literature on this topic and it should become a standard reference book."
--European Journal of Intercultural Studies
"Timely. . .well edited. . .Many of the papers rely on research that is relatively well known, but they bring material together in an original manner and succeed in linking various themes within a broadly compatible framework. All in all, this volume is a useful work of reference for those interested in obtaining a broad overview of the political position of migrant workers in western Europe. It also raises a number of questions which can, and should, be investigated in future research."
--European Journal of Intercultural Studies
Review
`This nicely edited volume... must be considered the most authoritative source on the political implications of postwar international migration to Western Europe′ - International Migration Review
`This collection as a whole is therfore a valuable addition to the existing literature on this topic and should become a standard reference book.... All in all this volume is a useful work of reference for thos interested in obtaining a broad overview of the political position of migrant workers in western Europe. It also raises a number of questions which can, and should, be investigated in future research.2 - European Journal of Intercultural Studies `The strength of the volume is its topical organization. Each chapter presents an overview of the most relevant facts. As a whole, the volume provides a good and concise treatment of the formal social and political status of immigrants in Western Europe′s most important immigration societies. It is of particular value for those seeking an up-to-date introduction to the political problematic of immigration in Europe; and it can serve well as a text in courses on comparative immigration and ethnicity.′ - Contemporary Sociology
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