Taylor and Francis

Taylor and Francis

English

"[…] the book merits praise, notably for taking on the extensive task of delineating the development of European migration policy from its informal roots at the national level through both initially unsuccessful and subsequently binding supranational coordination. The historical survey remains remarkably succinct and balances its attention between national and international policymaking. Appropriately, the primary sources reflect deep archival research at both levels, and Comte must be commended for collating sources from across multiple languages. Particularly for social scientists that often synthesise the primary research of others, this book offers a rich body of information and analysis uniting national politics and economics within a dynamic framework that traces the emergence of European governance of migration." - Alexander Caviedes, State University of New York