TY  - BOOK
AU  - Papademetriou, Demetrios G.
TI  - Europe and Its Immigrants in the 21st Century: A New Deal or a Contiuning Dialogue of the Deaf?
SN  - 0-9742819-4-8
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Washington, DC
PB  - Migration Policy Institute
KW  - immigration
KW  - citizenship
KW  - integration
KW  - demographic change
KW  - welfare state
KW  - immigration policy
KW  - Europe
KW  - Southern Europe
KW  - USA
N2  - European policymakers are attempting to develop immigration policies that meet economic needs and promote greater competitiveness and growth —without undermining the social models so valued by their electorates. To succeed, they must take into account aging populations, high and persistent levels of overall unemployment, even higher levels of unemployment among immigrants and ethnic minorities, and sector- and location-specific labor mismatches and shortfalls.

In this volume, the Migration Policy Institute has gathered some of the leading European thinkers to offer insightful counsel and, wherever possible, solutions to Europe’s immigration challenges. The book’s contributors piece together the puzzle of a well-managed, comprehensive immigration regime, tackling issues ranging from immigration’s economic costs and benefits, to effective selection systems, citizenship, the welfare state, and integration policies that work
UR  - http://www.migrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/publications/Europe_and_its_Immigrants.pdf
ER  -