This book presents an overview of European migration policy and the various institutional arrangements within and between various actors, such as local councils, local media, local economies, and local civil society initiatives.

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Between Central Control and Local Autonomy – the Changing Role of Swedish Municipalities in the Implementation of Integration Policies.- Chapter 3: The Norwegian case. Integration through local autonomy and institutionalization.- Chapter 4: Finland’s immigration policy: state objectives, local solutions.- Chapter 5: The Swiss Rationale of Integration Policies: Balancing Federalism, Consociationalism and Direct Democracy.- Chapter 6: Threats and opportunities from Dutch migration.- Chapter 7: Germany: From Denied Immigration to Integration of Migrants.- Chapter 8: Irelands evolving migrant policy: recurring rhetoric, sporadic action.- Chapter 9: Reception of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in France: Between Rigour and Humanism.- Chapter 10: Immigration and integration policies in Poland: institutional, political and social perspectives.- Chapter 11: Slovenian migration management at the local level.- Chapter 12: Local integration policy of migrants in Croatia: In search of coherence and capacity.- Chapter 13: Romania’s Policy of Migration and Integration: Unattractive Host Nation and Alternative Transit Route.- Chapter 14: Challenges of Immigrant Integration in Spanish Local Governments.- Chapter 15: Internal Geopolitics and Migration Policies in Italy.- Chapter 16: Public opinion on migration and the role of the media in the context of the “European refugee crisis”.- Chapter 17: Integrating immigrants. Capacities and Challenges for Local Authorities in Europe.- Chapter 18: Conclusion and Outlook.

This book presents an overview of European migration policy and the various institutional arrangements within and between various actors, such as local councils, local media, local economies, and local civil society initiatives. Both the role of local authorities in this policy field and their cooperation with civil society initiatives or networks are under-explored topics for research. In response, this book provides a range of detailed case studies focusing on the six main groups of national and administrative traditions in Europe: Germanic, Scandinavian, Napoleonic, Southeastern European, Central-Eastern European and Anglo-Saxon.Jochen Franzke is a Professor of Administrative Science at the Faculty of Economics and Social Science, University of Potsdam, Germany. His main research fields are comparative sub-national public administrative reforms and new forms of local governance and citizen participation. He is a member ofthe Board of the Institute of Local Government Studies (University of Potsdam) and Co-chair of the Permanent Study Group on Local Governance and Democracy at the European Group of Public Administration (EGPA). He has been a visiting scholar at several European universities. José M. Ruano de le Fuente is a Professor at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Spain, and has been a visiting scholar at several European and American universities. His main research fields are comparative public administration and local governance. Currently, he is Vice-President of the European association Entretiens Universitaires Réguliers pour l’Administration en Europe (EUROPA), President of its Scientific Committee, and Co-chair of the Permanent Study Group on Local Governance and Democracy at the European Group of Public Administration (EGPA). He is Co-editor of The Palgrave Handbook of Decentralisation in Europe.  

“A must-read for decision makers, scholars and stakeholders who are interested in how innovating migration policies go beyond the national level and focus on the local dimension for effective integration. Evidence from an array of European Union experiences explained in readable prose by the best specialists will open your eyes to the possibilities hosted by the local level for successful migrant-centred policies.” (—Aída Díaz-Tendero, Researcher, National Autonomous University of Mexico) “This is the book that the whole of Europe—if not the whole World— has been waiting for! It is well composed and thought provoking, and the aspects of migration, integration policy and local governance are fluently discussed. The representative selection of country cases illuminates interesting View points and history, and examines problems and solutions in different contexts. Migration concerns municipalities—it concerns us all.” (—Hanna Vakkala, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lapland, Finland) “A unique volume providing deep insights into practices of migration integration and local governance in the context of migration processes in European countries. Given the significance of migration issue for modern societies (especially from the governance perspective) within current global political economic and socio-cultural environment the provided comparative analysis of European practices and experience of handling the migration on local level turns out to be exceptionally relevant and extremely important.” (—Andrey A. Kinyakin, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), and Head of Science & Education, Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM).)

Presents an overview of European migration policy Explores various institutional arrangements within and between different actors Provides a range of detailed case studies focusing on the six main groups of national and administrative traditions in Europe