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Book SynopsisExamines how the European Union and its member states managed the 201516 refugee crisis and how the institutional configuration of the EU polity shaped its response. Will appeal to readers interested in the European integration process and migration policy. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Trade Review'Easily the most comprehensive empirical study of the politics of the European refugee crisis. This book's 'political process analysis' is exemplary in linking the domestic and EU levels of policymaking and offers a superb template for studying crisis politics. Essential reading to understand one of the EU's deepest and most intractable crises!' Frank Schimmelfennig, Professor of European Politics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
'An insightful and holistic account of the 2015–16 refugee crisis. The inspiring use of mixed quantitative and qualitative methods offers a unique narrative of key policymaking episodes and their long-term effects for European integration.' Ariadna Ripoll Servent, Professor for Politics of the European Union, University of Salzburg, Austria
'Using an innovative method, Kriesi et al. provide one of the most comprehensive and insightful studies of the 2015–16 refugee crisis. A must-read for those interested in EU crisis politics and migration politics alike.' Natascha Zaun, Professor in Public Policy and Law, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany
Table of ContentsPart I. The Refugee Crisis in the EU and its Member States: Our Approach in Context: 1. Introduction; 2. Theoretical framework; 3. Design of the study; 4. Crisis situation – policy heritage, problem pressure and political pressure; 5. The variety of policy responses at the EU- and national level; Part II. Policy-Making: Actors and Conflict Structures: 6: Conflict lines in the member states; 7. Actors and conflicts at the EU level; 8. Government composition and domestic conflicts; 9. Framing the refugee crisis on the right; Part III. The Dynamics of Policy-Making: 10. The drivers of elite support in the refugee crisis; 11. Dynamics of politicization of policy-making between polity levels; 12. Dynamics of policy-making in the EU-Turkey agreement; Part IV. Outcomes and Conclusion: 13. Policy-specific conflict configurations on the demand side; 14. The electoral consequences of the refugee crisis; 15. Conclusion; References.
