Migration and Refugee Policies in Germany: New European Limits of Control?

1. Introduction -- 2. Stocktaking the europeanisation of refugee and migration policies -- 3. The political sociology of European refugee and migration policies -- 4. Opposing Europe through the backdoor? refugees between national control imperatives and the supranationalisation of rights -- 5. Circumventing national enforcement constraints? shopping for effective return policies in European venues -- 6. Policy learning in Europe? new ideas governing highly skilled labour migration -- 7. Playing a wrong plot? rhetoric compliance with Europe's migration and development agenda -- 8. Conclusion.

Cover -- BEITRÄGE ZUR BEVÖLKERUNGSWISSENSCHAFT-SERIES ON POPULATION STUDIES -- Migration and Refugee Policies in Germany. New European Limits of Control? -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 From 'Fortress Europe' to New 'Limits of Control'? The Increasing Diversity of Refugee and Migration Policies in Europe -- 1.2 Research Questions: Multiple Mechanisms of Europeanisation -- 1.3 Constructing a Systematic Empirical Research Strategy: Comparative Case Studies in a Crucial Member State -- 1.4 Chapter Outline -- 2 Stocktaking the Europeanisation of Refugee and Migration Policies -- 2.1 Institutional and Substantive Developments in Europe's Refugee and Migration Policies -- 2.2 Theoretical Frameworks Approaching the Europeanisation of Refugee and Migration Policies -- 2.3 Approaching the Increasing Diversity of Europe's Refugee and Migration Policies -- 3 The Political Sociology of European Refugee and Migration Policies -- 3.1 Outcomes of Europeanisation: Approaching the 'Dependent Variable Problem' -- 3.2 Mechanisms of Europeanisation: Theoretical Links between Europe and its Member States -- 3.3 Analysing Europeanisation: Process Tracing in Comparative Case Studies -- 3.4 Conclusion -- 4 Opposing Europe Through the Backdoor? Refugees between National Control Imperatives and the Supranationalisation of Rights -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Regaining Control: Three Rounds of Asylum Conflict in National Contexts -- 4.3 Power of Supranationalisation: Constitutionalising Refugee Rights in Europe -- 4.4 Opposition and Learning: The Fourth Round in Germany's Asylum Conflict in European Contexts -- 4.5 Conclusion -- 5 Circumventing National Enforcement Constraints?Shopping for Effective Return Policies in European Venues -- 5.1 Introduction.