The conditions for non-EU migrant workers to gain legal entry to Britain, France, and Germany are at the same time similar and quite different. To explain this variation this book compares the fine-grained legal categories for migrant workers in each country, and examines the interaction of...

To map the comparative politics of migration governance in Europe more systematically, this chapter examines the specific conditions which shape liberal and restrictive elements in countries’ migration policymaking. As an overview, it discusses three sets of interacting terrains on which...