Explains why we observe clashes between immigrants and natives and between immigrants and state actors in some locations.

Rafaela Dancygier is Assistant Professor of Politics and Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. Her work has appeared in the American Journal of Political Science and in edited volumes.

Part I: 1. Introduction; 2. A theory of immigrant conflict; Part II: 3. Patterns of immigrant conflict in Great Britain; 4. Dynamics of racist violence; Part III: 5. Immigrant-native conflict in two London boroughs; 6. Two faces of immigrant conflict in two Midlands cities; Part IV: 7. Economic integration, political exclusion, and immigrant conflict in Germany; 8. Immigration and conflict across countries; 9. Conclusion.