The 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 SchnapperFrench Immigration and Integration Policy. A Complex CombinationDominique Schnapper, Pascale Krief and Emmanuel PeignardFrom Ethnic Nation to Universalistic Immigrant Integration: GermanyFriedrich HeckmannIntegration Policy in Great BritainJohn RexImmigration and Integration of Immigrants and their Descendants: The Swedish ApproachCharles Westin and Elena Dingu-KyrklundIntegration without Immigrant Policy: the Case of SwitzerlandHans Mahnig and Andreas WimmerIntegration Policies Towards Immigrants and their Descendants in the NetherlandsJeroen DoomernikTowards the Development of an Integration Policy in FinlandEve KyntäjäTowards an Analysis of Spanish Integration PolicyRosa Aparicio and Andrés TornosConclusionFriedrich Heckmann and Dominique Schnapper