Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Integration as a Three-Way Process Approach? -- The EU Concept of Integration: From a Two-Way to a Three-Way Process -- The Academic Approach to Integration and Policies -- Structure of the Book -- References -- Chapter 2: The Concept of Integration as an Analytical Tool and as a Policy Concept -- Introduction -- The Study of Integration Processes -- A Definition of the Concept -- Three Dimensions -- Two Parties -- Three Levels and Indicators -- Time and Generations -- The Study of Integration Policies -- A Definition of the Concept -- Frames -- Policy Measures -- Governance -- Politics and Time -- Comparison as a Tool -- Integration Processes -- Integration Policies -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Migration and Immigrants in Europe: A Historical and Demographic Perspective -- Introduction -- Three Periods of Migration in Europe -- From the 1950s to 1974: Guest Worker Schemes and Decolonization -- From 1974 to the End of the 1980s: The Oil Crisis and Migration Control -- From the 1990s to 2012: Recent Trends in Migration towards and Within Europe -- Migration Towards and from Europe -- Mobility of EU Citizens -- Numbers and Destinations -- Demographic Characteristics of Intra-EU Movers -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4: National Immigration and Integration Policies in Europe Since 1973 -- Introduction -- Immigration Experiences and National Policy Responses -- Postcolonial, Labour, and Asylum Migrants in North-Western Europe -- From Emigration to Immigration in the Southern European Countries -- Central and Eastern Europe -- Towards a European Approach to Asylum Seekers, Refugees, and Labour Migrants -- Integration Regimes: Who Is to Integrate into What and by Which Means -- Integration Policies in North-Western Europe.

Integration Policies in Southern European Countries -- Integration Policies in Central and Eastern Europe -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Who Is an Immigrant and Who Requires Integration? Categorizing in European Policies -- Introduction -- The Study of Categories and Its Relevance for Policymaking -- Explicit Target Groups and Implicit Hierarchies in the Policy Chain -- Route 1: EU Citizens -- Route 2: Third-Country Nationals -- Route 2a: Legal Immigrants and Target of Integration Policy -- Route 2b: Legal Immigrants and Target of Return Policy -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: The Multilevel Governance of Migration and Integration -- Introduction -- A Framework for the Study of Multilevelness -- Immigration Policies -- Europeanization -- Patterns of Multilevel Relations in Immigration Policies -- Integration Policies -- The Local Turn in Migrant Integration Policies -- European Involvement and Nascent Multilevel Governance -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7: Transnationalism as a Research Paradigm and Its Relevance for Integration -- Introduction -- New Ways of Thinking About Integration: The Transnationalism Paradigm -- Empirical Findings: Transnationalism and Integration in Europe -- Economic Transnational Activities -- Political Transnational Activities -- Sociocultural Transnational Activities -- Challenges for Future Policy-Oriented Research -- References -- Chapter 8: Translocal Activities of Local Governments and Migrant Organizations -- Introduction -- Local Governments as Actors in Transnational Exchange -- Characterizing the Transnational Activities of Local Governments -- Motives and Frames of the Transnational/Translocal Activities of Local Governments -- Impacts of Local Governments' Transnational Activities -- Linking the Local Level "Here" and "There": Migrant Organizations.

Characterizing the Transnational Activities of Migrant Organizations -- Motives and Frames of Translocal Activities of Migrant Organizations -- Transnational Activities by Migrant Organizations: What Difference Do They Make? -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9: Sending Country Policies -- Introduction -- Mapping the Outreach Policies of Countries of Origin -- Explaining Sending Country Policies: Transnational Interests, National Politics, and the International Diffusion of Ideas -- Transnational Relations as an Outcome of the Balance of Interests and Power between Sending Countries and Diasporas -- The Politics of the State and Nation -- Global Norms and the International Diffusion of Ideas -- Perceptions of Sending Country Policies in Countries of Residence -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 10: Migration and Development Framework and Its Links to Integration -- Introduction -- Theoretical Perspectives on the M&amp -- D Nexus -- Migration Studies and Development Studies -- Unpacking the M&amp -- D Nexus -- Virtuous and Vicious Circles: Theoretical Underpinnings -- Optimism, Pessimism, and the Neoliberal Agenda -- Towards a Broader Framing of Migration and Development -- How Does the M&amp -- D Frame Relate to the Integration Process, and Vice Versa? -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 11: Analysis and Conclusions -- Introduction -- The Concept of Integration -- The Concept of Integration in Policies -- National Integration Policies -- Local Integration Policies -- EU Integration Policies -- Integration from the Perspective of Origin Countries -- Migrants' Transnational Activities -- Migrant Organizations, NGOs, and Local Governments -- Governments of Origin Countries -- The M&amp -- D Nexus -- From a Two-Way to a Three-Way Process Conception of Integration -- References -- Author Bios.

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