
Managing Labour Migration in Europe
Ideas, Knowledge and Policy Change
Alex Balch(Author)
Manchester University Press
Published on 2. August 2010
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-7190-8072-2 (ISBN)
Description
Labour migration has become one of the hot topics in Europe, especially since 2000 with the shift from restriction to managed migration. This book provides an authoritative account of policy change over labour migration in Europe during this new era of governance.
It has important implications for debates about the contemporary governance of labour migration in Europe, and questions about the impact of an emergent EU migration regime in the context of a globalising labour market. The key findings offer a deeper understanding of the linkages between those engaged in policymaking and the kinds of communities that produce usable knowledge.
It will therefore be essential reading for academics, practitioners and students of migration and national policy processes in the EU. It will be an invaluable resource for individuals and organisations active in the immigration policy community, including policymakers themselves, but also the wider network of NGOs, think tanks and interest groups. -- .
It has important implications for debates about the contemporary governance of labour migration in Europe, and questions about the impact of an emergent EU migration regime in the context of a globalising labour market. The key findings offer a deeper understanding of the linkages between those engaged in policymaking and the kinds of communities that produce usable knowledge.
It will therefore be essential reading for academics, practitioners and students of migration and national policy processes in the EU. It will be an invaluable resource for individuals and organisations active in the immigration policy community, including policymakers themselves, but also the wider network of NGOs, think tanks and interest groups. -- .
Reviews / Votes
Managing Labour Migration in Europe is an outstanding effort to provide an integrated background study of labour migration policies in Spain and the UK.""This book is indispensable reading for all those involved in immigration policy making or who are active in the area. Furthermore, it provides an essential source of knowledge for academics and students of immigration, addressing explicitly the way that ideas and knowledge affect decision making. -- .
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paper over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
Illustrations, black & white|Tables
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
567 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7190-8072-2 (9780719080722)
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E-Book
07/2013
Manchester University Press
€127.99
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Person
Alex Balch is ESRC Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Politics at Sheffield University -- .
Content
Preface and acknowledgments
List of abbreviations
List of tables
List of figures
1. Introduction
2. Labour migration policy theory - the state of the art
3. Developing the approach: theory and methods
4. Case study one: labour migration policy change in Spain
5. Case study two: labour migration policy change in the UK
6. The EU and labour migration policymaking in the UK and Spain
7. Managing migration in the UK and Spain: ideas and policy change
8. Conclusions
References
Index -- .
List of abbreviations
List of tables
List of figures
1. Introduction
2. Labour migration policy theory - the state of the art
3. Developing the approach: theory and methods
4. Case study one: labour migration policy change in Spain
5. Case study two: labour migration policy change in the UK
6. The EU and labour migration policymaking in the UK and Spain
7. Managing migration in the UK and Spain: ideas and policy change
8. Conclusions
References
Index -- .