Table of Contents

Table of Contents - 6 Tables - 10 Preface - 12 1 Austria - 20 1.1 Introduction - 20 1.2 Historical development - 23 1.3 Recent developments and current institutional arrangements - 29 1.4 Conclusions - 50 2 Belgium - 64 2.1 Introduction - 64 2.2 Historical development - 67 2.3 Recent developments and current institutional arrangements - 72 2.4 Conclusions - 92 3 Denmark - 106 3.1 Introduction - 106 3.2 Historical development - 109 3.3 Recent developments and current institutional - 124 3.4 Conclusions - 142 4 Finland - 150 4.1 Introduction - 150 4.2 Historical development - 153 4.3 Recent developments and current institutional arrangements - 159 4.4 Conclusions - 180 5 France - 188 5.1 Introduction - 188 5.2 Historical development - 189 5.3 Recent developments and current institutional arrangements - 197 5.4 Conclusions - 207 6 Germany - 214 6.1 Introduction - 214 6.2 Historical development - 218 6.3 Recent developments and current institutional arrangements - 228 6.4 Conclusions - 244 7 Greece - 254 7.1 Introduction - 254 7.2 Historical development - 257 7.3 Recent developments and current institutional arrangements - 266 7.4 Conclusions - 277 8 Ireland - 290 8.1 Introduction - 290 8.2 Historical development - 293 8.3 Recent developments and current institutional arrangements - 306 8.4 Conclusions - 324 9 Italy - 330 9.1 Introduction - 330 9.2 Historical development - 334 9.3 Recent developments and current institutional arrangements - 344 9.4 Conclusions - 358

About the Author

Rainer Baubock is senior researcher at the Institute for European Integration Research of Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna and is professor at the European University of Florence. Previous publications: Transnational Citizenship (1994), From Aliens to citizens (1994), The Challenge of Diversity (1996), Blurred Boundaries (1998), Migration and Citizenship (2006). Eva Ersboll is researcher at the Danish Institute for Human Rights in Copenhagen. Her book on Danish nationality in a historical and international perspective will be published in 2007. Kees Groenendijk is professor of Sociology of Law at Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands. Previous publications: The Legal Status of Third Country Nationals who are Long Term Residents in a Member State of the European Union (2001), In Search of Europe's Borders (2003), Report on the Free Movement of Workers in the Netherlands in 2004 (2005). Harald Waldrauch was previously a researcher at the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research in Vienna. He now works for the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Previous publications: Die Integration von Einwanderern (2001), MigrantInnenorganisationen in der Grossstadt (2004).