Labour Migration in Europe

Economic migration has been rediscovered by governments across Europe. Highly skilled migrants are actively solicited, irregular migrants are being offered amnesties, and East-West migration is welcomed by business and employer associations. However, this is a highly politicized and contested policy domain. This timely collection of cutting-edge research explores and examines the new realities of economic immigration to Europe. The thematic focus rests on new trends and developments, including the rediscovery of economic migration, factors explaining the focus on highly skilled migration, legalization measures, irregular migration, East-West flows, the role of employers and business groups, new positions amongst trade unions, outsourcing of control functions, and service sector liberalization and its implications.

Introduction: Patterns, Trends and (Ir)Regularities in the Politics and Economics of Labour Migration in Europe; G.Menz & A.Caviedes PART ONE: LABOUR MIGRATION AND EUROPEAN CAPITALISMS Employers, Trade Unions, Varieties of Capitalism and Labour Migration Policies; G.Menz The Sectoral Turn in Labour Migration Policy; A.Caviedes Emigration, Immigration and the Quality of Membership: On the Political Economy of Highly Skilled Immigration Politics; H.Kolb Trade Unions and Migrant Labour in the 'Global Age': New Alliances or Old Antagonisms?; T.Krings PART TWO: THE EFFECTS OF EUROPEANIZATION Crossing Over, Heading West and South: Mobility, Citizenship and Employment in the Enlarged Europe; E.Recchi & A.Triandafillidou Labour Immigration in the EU through the Back Door? The Free Provision of Services as a Facilitator of Migration Flows; V.Hatzopoulos PART THREE: THE OUTSOURCING OF MIGRATION MANAGEMENT The Privatization and Outsourcing of Migration Management; G.Menz PART FOUR: UNAUTHORISED LABOUR MIGRATION Strange Castle Walls and Courtyards: Explaining the Political Economy of Undocumented Immigration and Undeclared Employment; M.Samers Unauthorized Migration and the Politics of Regularization, Legalization, and Amnesty; W.Maas