Migration and immigration are high on any nation's agenda but have particular resonance in Europe in light of recent events. The new edition of this book has been fully updated in this respect and explores:

Immigration policy in individual EU nations The treatment of migrants, including immigrant policies The development and effects of the Shengen agreement The movement towards common EU policies.

It looks specifically at the contexts of Britain, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Greece and Turkey as well as a examining the changing...

The fifth edition has been completely restructured and expanded in order to provide the definitive introduction to British Politics. There are 16 new chapters. The book focuses on the international context in which Britain operates and addresses institutions, processes, new issues and policies. The book incorporates student learning features and has a companion web site.

The 2010 General Election proved to be one of the most dramatic contests of recent times. Britain Votes 2010 provides a comprehensive analysis of the campaign and its remarkable aftermath. A team of experts assess the results, outline the new electoral demography and examine its national and regional variations. The book explores the ideas and fortunes of the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats, discusses the impact of new campaign features, notably the leadership debates, and examines the key issues which featured in an exciting and unusual election. Combining retrospective...

This book explores the interaction of the EU in Greece, Slovenia, Croatia, and Macedonia in three key policy sectors -- cohesion, border managements and the environment -- and assesses the degree to which the European Union's engagement with the democracies of South East Europe has promoted Europeanization and Multi-Level Governance.

This book explores the interaction of the EU in Greece, Slovenia, Croatia, and Macedonia in three key policy sectors cohesion, border managements and the environment and assesses the degree to which the European Union s engagement with the democracies of South East Europe has promoted Europeanization and Multi-Level Governance.

Although there is a tendency to view the Balkans as peripheral, this book argues that South East European states are central to what the EU is and aspires to become, and goes to the heart of many of the key issues confronting the EU. It compares...

The 2015 General Election was one of the most unpredictable in British political history. Britain Votes 2015 offers a comprehensive analysis of a remarkable contest. It contains dedicated chapters on the results, the fortunes of each the major parties, the campaign and outcomes in each country of the UK; campaign finance; women and the election; the roles of the media; the importance of immigration and much more.
The latest in a distinguished series of election volumes produced by the Hansard Society and Oxford University Press, Britain Votes 2015 features the work of a range of top...

The growing salience of migration in today's political and economic climate has drawn attention to the relevance of regional responses to global human mobility. This unique book explores the dynamics of migration governance beyond the traditional perspective of the state and examines why, how and with what effects states cooperate at a regional level on aspects of international migration and mobility. Developing an innovative approach centred on the organisation of migration governance, The Dynamics of Regional Migration Governance provides a comparative analysis of developments in regional...

This authoritative textbook analyses the patterns of migration and mobility in Europe and offers an insight into policy dilemmas and institutional responses to this diverse, fluid and fast-changing policy area. It is hard to overestimate the significance of migration in Europe as a result of the sustained refugee crisis. The authors advance an original account of the increasing politicisation of migration and documents shifts in public opinion that do not always reflect reality. After all, only 4% of the European Union's population is on the move, and 7.5% are foreign-born. And yet it is an...