Integration of Immigrants in European Societies

European societies have become immigration countries. The illusion of temporary immigration has disappeared, new groups of people have to be integrated. What policies of integration are being implemented in Europe? Researchers from eight different European countries write about the mode of integration in their respective nations. Is there a national mode of integration that could serve as a model for other countries or the European Union? The book offers an answer to this important question. Contents: Introduction Friedrich Heckmann and Dominique Schnapper French Immigration and Integration Policy. A Complex Combination Dominique Schnapper, Pascale Krief and Emmanuel Peignard From Ethnic Nation to Universalistic Immigrant Integration: Germany Friedrich Heckmann Integration Policy in Great Britain John Rex Immigration and Integration of Immigrants and their Descendants: The Swedish Approach Charles Westin and Elena Dingu-Kyrklund Integration without Immigrant Policy: the Case of Switzerland Hans Mahnig and Andreas Wimmer Integration Policies Towards Immigrants and their Descendants in the Netherlands Jeroen Doomernik Towards the Development of an Integration Policy in Finland Eve Kyntäjä Towards an Analysis of Spanish Integration Policy Rosa Aparicio and Andrés Tornos Conclusion Friedrich Heckmann and Dominique Schnapper