society actors. The book analyses existing informal groups at the grassroots, furthering transnational solidarity in three … thematic areas: disability, unemployment and immigration. Contributions assess how civic groups respond to the various crises … will be of interest to scholars, students, journalists, policy-makers and activists interested in civil society, social …

We review the growing literature on the political effects of immigration. After a brief summary of the economics of … immigration, we turn to the main focus of the paper: how immigrants influence electoral outcomes in receiving countries, and why …. We start from the "standard" view that immigration triggers political backlash and raises support for nativist, anti …

. While the mid-20th Century nationalist phase showed a drastic drop in immigration to almost zero, since the 1980s there has … been a return in both countries to regimes of relatively high immigration. Making this comparison highlights certain …