The Politics of Immigration in Multi-Level States: Governance and Political Parties

This book draws the first contours of a theory of immigration in multilevel states addressing two themes: governance and political parties. It connects multilevel politics literature with immigration studies examining not only how, and by whom, immigration policy is decided and implemented at different territorial levels, but also how it has became an important dimension of party competition across multilevel states.

Six countries have been examined in depth by leading scholars from various disciplines and methodological backgrounds: Belgium (Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels), Spain (Catalonia), Canada (Quebec), the United Kingdom (Scotland and London), Italy (Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna, Veneto and Calabria), Germany (Bavaria), together with the unitary state of the Netherlands and its two competing cities (Amsterdam and Rotterdam).

Contents:

+ PART I: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
++ 1. Introduction: Immigration Policies in Multilevel States
++ 2. Multilevel Governance of Immigration in Multinational States: 'Who governs?' Reconsidered
++ 3. Multilevel Party Politics of Immigration: Territorial Rescaling and Party Competition

+ PART II: GOVERNANCE
++ 4. Divided on Immigration, Two Models for Integration: The Multilevel Governance of Immigration and Integration in Belgium
++ 5. Canadian Federalism and the Governance of Immigration
++ 6. Managing Immigration in a Multinational Context: Border Struggles and Nationbuilding in Contemporary Scotland and Catalonia
++ 7. Migrant Reception Policies in a Multilevel System: Framing and Implementation Structures in the Italian Regions
++ 8. The Multilevel Dynamics of Immigrant Integration Policies in Unitary States: the Netherlands and the UK

+ PART III: POLITICAL PARTIES
++ 9. Politicizing Migration in Competitive Party Politics: Exploring the Regional and Federal Arena in Germany and Italy
++ 10. Regionalist Parties and Immigration in Belgium
++ 11. FPTP Ain't All That Bad: Nationalist Parties, Immigrants and Electoral Systems in Québec and Flanders
++ 12. Immigration, Nationalism and Politics in Scotland
++ 13. 'Catalunya, terra d'acollida': Stateless Nationalist Party Discourses on Immigration in Catalonia
++ 14. Conclusion: Exploring the Contours of a Theory of Immigration in Multilevel States