Tim Bale is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics and Contemporary European Studies, University of Sussex.

This volume brings together experts on both migration and political parties - fields that have not always interacted as much as they could or should have done - in order to study the impacts, dilemmas and trade-offs involved in establishing an immigration policy.

1. Turning round the telescope. Centre-right parties and immigration and integration policy in Europe Tim Bale

2. 'Il rombo dei cannoni? Immigration and the centre-right in Italy' Andrew Geddes

3. Going different ways? Right-wing parties and the immigrant issue in Denmark and Sweden Christoffer Green-Pedersen and Pontus Odmalm

4. Politicising Migration: Opportunity or Liability for the Centre-Right in Germany? - Christina Boswell and Dan Hough

5. A Double-Edged Sword! The Dutch Centre-Right and the 'Foreigners-Issue' Kees van Kersbergen and André Krouwel

6. Restrictive Rhetoric: Centre-Right Parties and Immigration Policy in the UK and Ireland Julie Smith

7. Nicolas Sarkozy and the politics of French immigration policy Sally Marthaler

8. Immigration and the transnational European centre-right: a common programmatic response? Fraser Duncan and Steven van Hecke

9. Conclusion Tim Bale

10. Commentary Martin Schain