Migration in the New Millennium [antikvár]

ForewordThe end of the cold war has dramatically changed the framework of transatlantic relations. The disappearance of the external threat to free societies has brought about a substantial shift of the political and societal focus towards issues of domestic interest such as migration, unemployment, rising crime, crises of the respective welfare systems, and so forth. Bringing about change and innovation within our societies has become the major topic of political and societal discourse in this age of global economic and political competition. In the future, wealth and political stability will be determined by the extent to which countries on both sides of the Atlantic manage to apply the best practices of organizing society. Furthermore, America and Europe are the most important guarantors of stability in the world. Both are unrivaled in their ability and willingness to create and nurture the conditions necessary to deal with external challenges in an increasingly unstable world order. Joint strategic action, however, has more often been the exception rather than the rule.The Transatlantic Learning Community (TLC) is designed to respond to this change of agenda on both sides of the Atlantic. TLC is a project of the Bertelsmann Foundation, the Center for Applied Policy Research and the German Marshall Fund of the United States. It brings together those who work with pressing issues on a daily basis in order to help them learn from each other's approaches and experiences. Such transatlantic exchange enables policymakers and opinion leaders to improve their practices and to establish a network for continuing transatlantic cooperation. In establishing TLC, we envisioned that this network of contact would remain in place long after our project has been completed and would continue to contribute to the process of innovation in our respective societies.Immigration policy has been one of the first issues on TLC's agenda. During the past two years, European and North American experts have met to review current immigra-