Machine derived contents note: List of contributors; Preface; 1. Introduction; Part I. Six Nations: 2. Sweden Tomas Hammar; 3. The Netherlands Han B. Entzinger; 4. Great Britain Zig Layton-Henry; 5. France Gilles Verbunt; 6. Federal Republic of Germany Hartmut Esser and Hermann Korte; 7. Switzerland Hans-Joachim Hoffmann-Nowotny; Part II. Comparative Analysis Tomas Hammar: 8. Economy and ideology; 9. Immigration regulation and aliens control; 10. Immigrant policy; 11. The policymaking process; 12. Towards convergence; Select bibliography; Index