Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: Introduction 1 -- 1 Refugees, the State, and European Integration 7 -- Defining Refugees: Between Human Rights and State Sovereignty 8 -- Two Views on Refugees 10 -- European Integration and Refugees 16 -- Conclusion 24 -- 2 Post-World War II Refugee Regimes 27 -- The International Refugee Regime 28 -- The German Refugee Regime 35 -- The French Refugee Regime 50 -- Conclusion 64 -- 3 The Communitarisation of Refugee Policies 74 -- Prologue: Activities of the Council of Europe 76 -- "First Generation" Cooperation Among EU Member States 83 -- "Second Generation" Cooperation: Towards a "European" -- Refugee Policy? 105 -- The Amsterdam Treaty: a Comprehensive Reform? 126 -- Conclusion 137 -- 4 The Europeanisation of Refugee Policies -- in Germany and France 148 -- Policy Discourses and Europeanisation 150 -- The Implementation of European Provisions 167 -- The Scope of Europeanisation 178 -- Conclusion 191 -- Conclusion 200.