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Few phenomena have been more disruptive to West European politics and society than the accumulative experience of post-WWII immigration. Against this backdrop spring two questions: Why have the immigrant-receiving states historically permitted high levels of immigration? To what degree can the social and political fallout precipitated by immigration be politically managed? Utilizing evidence from a variety of sources, this study explores the links between immigration and the surge of popular support for anti-immigrant groups; its implications for state sovereignty; its elevation to the policy agenda of the European Union; and its domestic legacies. It argues that post-WWII migration is primarily an interest-driven phenomenon that has historically served the macroeconomic and political interests of the receiving countries. Moreover, it is the role of politics in adjudicating the claims presented by domestic economic actors, foreign policy commitments, and humanitarian norms that creates a permissive environment for significant migration to Western Europe.

Migration. Refugees --- anno 1900-1999 --- anno 2000-2009 --- Western Europe --- Europe, Western --- Europe --- Europe de l'Ouest --- Emigration and immigration --- History --- Government policy. --- Emigration et immigration --- Histoire --- Politique gouvernementale --- #SBIB:39A6 --- #SBIB:314H252 --- EEC / European Union - EU -Europese Unie - Union Européenne - UE --- 323.0 --- 312.1 --- Etniciteit / Migratiebeleid en -problemen --- Internationale migratie --- Binnenlandse politiek: algemeenheden. --- Immigratie. --- West Europe --- Immigratie --- Binnenlandse politiek: algemeenheden --- Social Sciences --- Political Science

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Major study of the role of European Christian democratic parties in the making of the European Union. It radically re-conceptualises European integration in long-term historical perspective as the outcome of partisan competition of political ideologies and parties and their guiding ideas for the future of Europe. Wolfram Kaiser takes a comparative approach to political Catholicism in the nineteenth century, Catholic parties in interwar Europe and Christian democratic parties in postwar Europe and studies these parties' cross-border contacts and co-ordination of policy-making. He shows how well networked party elites ensured that the origins of European Union were predominately Christian democratic, with considerable repercussions for the present-day EU. The elites succeeded by intensifying their cross-border communication and coordinating their political tactics and policy making in government. This is a major contribution to the new transnational history of Europe and the history of European integration.

History of Europe --- Political systems --- European Union --- Christian democratic parties --- Démocratie chrétienne --- Partis démocrates-chrétiens --- Aspect relgieux --- Démocratie chrétienne --- Partis démocrates-chrétiens --- Democracy --- Political parties --- 322 --- 323.0 --- 329 --- 334.150.0 --- EEC / European Union - EU -Europese Unie - Union Européenne - UE --- Self-government --- Political science --- Equality --- Representative government and representation --- Republics --- Religious aspects&delete& --- Christianity --- de Staat en de kerk. Godsdienstbeleid. Sociale rol van de kerken --- Binnenlandse politiek: algemeenheden --- Politieke partijen --- Institutionele aspecten EG: algemeenheden --- E.U. --- History. --- Europe --- Politics and government --- Institutionele aspecten EG: algemeenheden. --- Religious aspects --- Christianity. --- European Union. --- Christian democracy --- Démocratie --- Christianisme --- Politique et gouvernement --- Christianity and democracy --- Political parties - Europe. --- Democracy - Europe. --- Democracy - Religious aspects - Christianity. --- Europe - Politics and government - 1989 --- -Political parties --- Arts and Humanities --- History --- -Democracy --- Christianisme et politique --- 20e siècle --- Unité --- Origines