This book argues that although labour market needs have been an important element in the development of immigration policy, they have been filtered through a political process, the politics of immigration. The book explores the relation between policy and politics in France, the UK, and the US.

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MARTIN A. SCHAIN is Director of the Center for European Studies at New York University, USA. He is the editor of Palgrave's series Europe in Transition and is the author or co-author of ten books, many published by Palgrave, including The Marshall Plan: Fifty Years After and A Century of Organized Labor in France.

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How We Analyze Immigration Policy and the Politics of Immigration Policy and the Politics of Immigration in France Policy and the Politics of Immigration in the UK Policy and the Politics of Immigration in the United States Conclusion