Claudia Finotelli
Biographic Data
| ID | 837059 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Claudia Finotelli |
| GIVEN NAMES | Claudia |
| FAMILY NAME | Finotelli |
| SIGNATURE | FINOTELLI C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad Complutense de Madrid |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9645-8662 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 102 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Head or heart? Unpacking the subjective dimension of citizenship acquisition: Insights from migrants' narratives in Spain
This article explores the subjective dimension of citizenship acquisition by analyzing how migrants in Spain feel about becoming citizens. Our research shows that the subjective dimension of citizenship is embedded in a complex constellation of strategic choices and affective motivations that cannot be analyzed in dichotomic terms. While migrants seek legal security, equal rights and better jobs, becoming citizens makes them feel more secure and …
The citizenship-integration nexus from below: Migrants' understanding of citizenship acquisition as a pathway to integration in Italy and Spain
Citizenship acquisition represents a crucial step to achieve full integration in the country of residence. Yet, citizenship studies have largely addressed the relevance of institutional configuration of citizenship regimes to foster integration while sidelining migrants’ subjective understanding of citizenship as a pathway to integration. The objective of this article is to gather empirical evidence of migrants’ understanding of how citizenship a…
Raising concerns on the dangers of linking biological invasions to human migration
Much ado about nothing? Giorgia Meloni’s government and immigration
Italy as an immigration country has been characterized by high rates of irregular migration due to the weak legal admission channels available and the combination of apowerful internal demand of foreign workers and intense external pressure on itsborders. Despite the growing salience of migration issues in the political arena, the country has shown a marked inertia in addressing the structural causes of the phenomenon. The gap between political g…
The Externalisation Gamble: Italy and Spain at the Forefront of Maritime Irregular Migration Governance
Irregular migration is rapidly becoming a permanent feature of the twenty-first century. Amid the European “refugee crisis”, Italy and Spain represent two major destination countries that are affected by substantial irregular flows. Despite this comparable condition, and notwithstanding the significance of their relevant policies, they have rarely been compared, a gap in the literature that this research addresses through a novel comparative anal…
Migration Control Logics and Strategies in Europe: A North-South Comparison
This open access book looks at migration control logics and strategies in Europe and questions existence of a North-South divide in immigration policies
Cross‐border Healthcare in the EU: Welfare Burden or Market Opportunity? Evidence from the Spanish Experience
EU citizens' access to social rights has become a contentious issue in the EU in the past decade. This article aims to reverse the North–South perspective on intra‐EU mobility and welfare by shifting the research emphasis from the labour‐oriented mobility of young Southern Europeans in Northern Europe to the non‐labour‐motivated mobility of Northern EU citizens in Southern Europe. To do so, this analysis addresses the provision of healthcare assi…
A slow ride towards permanent residency: Legal transitions and the working trajectories of Ukrainian migrants in Italy and Spain
This article analyses the transition from temporary to permanent residency in Italy and Spain. Despite the growing number of permanent residents in Southern European countries, scholars have paid limited attention to the legal transitions that take place in migrants’ lives after regularisation. We show that different regulations regarding permit renewals can account for qualitative differences in immigrants’ permanent residency. The analysis focu…
Integration at work: Migrant healthcare professionals in two Spanish hospitals
Organisations’ logics play a crucial role in the integration of immigrants. This article aims to contribute to the relatively unexplored field of immigrant integration in organisations by analysing the workplace integration of healthcare professionals in two Spanish hospitals. Analysis shows how the lack of an official integration strategy in Spain does not seem to have significantly affected inclusion mechanisms of healthcare migrant workers in …
Beyond instrumental citizenship: The Spanish and Italian citizenship regimes in times of crisis
The aim of this article is to contribute to the current debate on integration during economic downturn by analysing to what extent citizenship regimes may offer opportunities for instrumental uses of naturalisation in times of economic crisis. Its main goal is to provide a more nuanced view of citizenship acquisition, its implications and its alleged instrumental uses to stabilise legal status and improve mobility chances. For this purpose, our a…
Integration in times of economic decline. Migrant inclusion in Southern European societies: Trends and theoretical implications
Despite the large amount of literature on migrants' integration, little is known about integration in times of economic decline. The aim of this Special Issue is to contribute to filling this research gap by exploring the nexus between the Great Recession that began in 2008 and integration processes. To this end, we regard Southern European countries as an observatory of crucial relevance because of their harsh experience of the crisis and common…
So close but yet so far? Labour Migration Governance in Italy and Spain
Southern European countries have traditionally been perceived as weak immigration countries with inefficient legal entry avenues for foreign workers, high irregular migration rates and poor integration policies. In recent years, however, the adoption of more efficient control policies, new recruitment strategies and embryonic integration plans throughout the region has led to a change of paradigm in the governance of migration. And yet policy ref…
Closed memberships in a mobile world? Welfare states, welfare regimes and international migration
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” Reconsidered: A Comparison of German, Canadian and Spanish Labour Migration Policies
This article compares three immigration countries that are perceived, both publicly and politically, as being fundamentally different: Canada, which is allegedly one of the most attractive destination countries for labour migrants worldwide; Germany, which is still thought to be sceptical towards immigration; and finally Spain, which is considered institutionally incapable of implementing efficient labour migration policies. Against the backdrop …
Is There a North–South Divide in Integration Outcomes? A Comparison of the Integration Outcomes of Immigrants in Southern and Northern Europe
In the Name of Human Capital: The International Recruitment of Physicians in Germany and Spain
The international migration of physicians is considered an effective response to ageing societies. However, the international recruitment of physicians may be challenged by the protectionist rationale of the medical profession in many countries. How is the potential contradiction between open recruitment policies and exclusive professional regulations managed in Europe? What is the role played by foreign credential recognition or language knowled…
When the exception becomes the rule: The Spanish citizenship regime
The Spanish citizenship regime is considered to be one of the most restrictive in Europe. In this paper, we argue that our understanding of Spanish legislation with respect to citizenship and its functioning requires a more nuanced approach. To this end, we focus on the exceptional rules that elude the usual naturalization requirements and allow fast-track naturalization for privileged nationals. Our primary goal is not simply to reconceptualise …
Change of Paradigms? A Comparison of Canadian and Spanish Labour Migration Models
In the international immigration debate, the predominance of the temporary migration of low-skilled migrants in Europe has often been contrasted with generous entry avenues for high-skilled migrants in North America and Australia. Recently, however, “classic” admission countries overseas have weakened their admission channels for high-skilled workers, whereas this category of migrants has acquired a new prominence in Europe. The goal of this arti…
The Heuristic Potential of Models of Citizenship and Immigrant Integration Reviewed
This special issue of the Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies reviews the use of models for international comparisons of citizenship and immigrant integration. The introduction explores criticism and works to reevaluate the use of models in terms of both conceptual clarity (i.e., distinguishing between different empirical fields where models come into play, such as political and public discourses, policies and institutions, and processes of so…
The North–South Myth Revised: A Comparison of the Italian and German Migration Regimes
Since the beginning of the migration crisis in the 1990s, Italy and Germany have been considered to be the two showpieces of different migration control systems in Europe, where an ‘inefficient’ South is contrasted with an ‘effective’ North in terms of immigration control and humanitarian protection. Italy is often considered to have a lax immigration regime with weak border controls and few guarantees for asylum seekers and refugees, whereas Ger…
Hausarbeit, DienstbotInnen und Migration in der Zeitschrift „Polis“
Integration in times of economic decline. Migrant inclusion in Southern European societies: Trends and theoretical implications
Despite the large amount of literature on migrants' integration, little is known about integration in times of economic decline. The aim of this Special Issue is to contribute to filling this research gap by exploring the nexus between the Great Recession that began in 2008 and integration processes. To this end, we regard Southern European countries as an observatory of crucial relevance because of their harsh experience of the crisis and common…
Beyond instrumental citizenship: The Spanish and Italian citizenship regimes in times of crisis
The aim of this article is to contribute to the current debate on integration during economic downturn by analysing to what extent citizenship regimes may offer opportunities for instrumental uses of naturalisation in times of economic crisis. Its main goal is to provide a more nuanced view of citizenship acquisition, its implications and its alleged instrumental uses to stabilise legal status and improve mobility chances. For this purpose, our a…
The Heuristic Potential of Models of Citizenship and Immigrant Integration Reviewed
This special issue of the Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies reviews the use of models for international comparisons of citizenship and immigrant integration. The introduction explores criticism and works to reevaluate the use of models in terms of both conceptual clarity (i.e., distinguishing between different empirical fields where models come into play, such as political and public discourses, policies and institutions, and processes of so…
The North–South Myth Revised: A Comparison of the Italian and German Migration Regimes
Since the beginning of the migration crisis in the 1990s, Italy and Germany have been considered to be the two showpieces of different migration control systems in Europe, where an ‘inefficient’ South is contrasted with an ‘effective’ North in terms of immigration control and humanitarian protection. Italy is often considered to have a lax immigration regime with weak border controls and few guarantees for asylum seekers and refugees, whereas Ger…
Is There a North–South Divide in Integration Outcomes? A Comparison of the Integration Outcomes of Immigrants in Southern and Northern Europe
So close but yet so far? Labour Migration Governance in Italy and Spain
Southern European countries have traditionally been perceived as weak immigration countries with inefficient legal entry avenues for foreign workers, high irregular migration rates and poor integration policies. In recent years, however, the adoption of more efficient control policies, new recruitment strategies and embryonic integration plans throughout the region has led to a change of paradigm in the governance of migration. And yet policy ref…
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” Reconsidered: A Comparison of German, Canadian and Spanish Labour Migration Policies
This article compares three immigration countries that are perceived, both publicly and politically, as being fundamentally different: Canada, which is allegedly one of the most attractive destination countries for labour migrants worldwide; Germany, which is still thought to be sceptical towards immigration; and finally Spain, which is considered institutionally incapable of implementing efficient labour migration policies. Against the backdrop …
A slow ride towards permanent residency: Legal transitions and the working trajectories of Ukrainian migrants in Italy and Spain
This article analyses the transition from temporary to permanent residency in Italy and Spain. Despite the growing number of permanent residents in Southern European countries, scholars have paid limited attention to the legal transitions that take place in migrants’ lives after regularisation. We show that different regulations regarding permit renewals can account for qualitative differences in immigrants’ permanent residency. The analysis focu…
The citizenship-integration nexus from below: Migrants' understanding of citizenship acquisition as a pathway to integration in Italy and Spain
Citizenship acquisition represents a crucial step to achieve full integration in the country of residence. Yet, citizenship studies have largely addressed the relevance of institutional configuration of citizenship regimes to foster integration while sidelining migrants’ subjective understanding of citizenship as a pathway to integration. The objective of this article is to gather empirical evidence of migrants’ understanding of how citizenship a…
Change of Paradigms? A Comparison of Canadian and Spanish Labour Migration Models
In the international immigration debate, the predominance of the temporary migration of low-skilled migrants in Europe has often been contrasted with generous entry avenues for high-skilled migrants in North America and Australia. Recently, however, “classic” admission countries overseas have weakened their admission channels for high-skilled workers, whereas this category of migrants has acquired a new prominence in Europe. The goal of this arti…
Head or heart? Unpacking the subjective dimension of citizenship acquisition: Insights from migrants' narratives in Spain
This article explores the subjective dimension of citizenship acquisition by analyzing how migrants in Spain feel about becoming citizens. Our research shows that the subjective dimension of citizenship is embedded in a complex constellation of strategic choices and affective motivations that cannot be analyzed in dichotomic terms. While migrants seek legal security, equal rights and better jobs, becoming citizens makes them feel more secure and …
Much ado about nothing? Giorgia Meloni’s government and immigration
Italy as an immigration country has been characterized by high rates of irregular migration due to the weak legal admission channels available and the combination of apowerful internal demand of foreign workers and intense external pressure on itsborders. Despite the growing salience of migration issues in the political arena, the country has shown a marked inertia in addressing the structural causes of the phenomenon. The gap between political g…
Cross‐border Healthcare in the EU: Welfare Burden or Market Opportunity? Evidence from the Spanish Experience
EU citizens' access to social rights has become a contentious issue in the EU in the past decade. This article aims to reverse the North–South perspective on intra‐EU mobility and welfare by shifting the research emphasis from the labour‐oriented mobility of young Southern Europeans in Northern Europe to the non‐labour‐motivated mobility of Northern EU citizens in Southern Europe. To do so, this analysis addresses the provision of healthcare assi…
Hausarbeit, DienstbotInnen und Migration in der Zeitschrift „Polis“
The North–South Myth Revised: A Comparison of the Italian and German Migration Regimes
Since the beginning of the migration crisis in the 1990s, Italy and Germany have been considered to be the two showpieces of different migration control systems in Europe, where an ‘inefficient’ South is contrasted with an ‘effective’ North in terms of immigration control and humanitarian protection. Italy is often considered to have a lax immigration regime with weak border controls and few guarantees for asylum seekers and refugees, whereas Ger…
The Heuristic Potential of Models of Citizenship and Immigrant Integration Reviewed
This special issue of the Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies reviews the use of models for international comparisons of citizenship and immigrant integration. The introduction explores criticism and works to reevaluate the use of models in terms of both conceptual clarity (i.e., distinguishing between different empirical fields where models come into play, such as political and public discourses, policies and institutions, and processes of so…
When the exception becomes the rule: The Spanish citizenship regime
The Spanish citizenship regime is considered to be one of the most restrictive in Europe. In this paper, we argue that our understanding of Spanish legislation with respect to citizenship and its functioning requires a more nuanced approach. To this end, we focus on the exceptional rules that elude the usual naturalization requirements and allow fast-track naturalization for privileged nationals. Our primary goal is not simply to reconceptualise …
Change of Paradigms? A Comparison of Canadian and Spanish Labour Migration Models
In the international immigration debate, the predominance of the temporary migration of low-skilled migrants in Europe has often been contrasted with generous entry avenues for high-skilled migrants in North America and Australia. Recently, however, “classic” admission countries overseas have weakened their admission channels for high-skilled workers, whereas this category of migrants has acquired a new prominence in Europe. The goal of this arti…
In the Name of Human Capital: The International Recruitment of Physicians in Germany and Spain
The international migration of physicians is considered an effective response to ageing societies. However, the international recruitment of physicians may be challenged by the protectionist rationale of the medical profession in many countries. How is the potential contradiction between open recruitment policies and exclusive professional regulations managed in Europe? What is the role played by foreign credential recognition or language knowled…
Closed memberships in a mobile world? Welfare states, welfare regimes and international migration
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” Reconsidered: A Comparison of German, Canadian and Spanish Labour Migration Policies
This article compares three immigration countries that are perceived, both publicly and politically, as being fundamentally different: Canada, which is allegedly one of the most attractive destination countries for labour migrants worldwide; Germany, which is still thought to be sceptical towards immigration; and finally Spain, which is considered institutionally incapable of implementing efficient labour migration policies. Against the backdrop …
Is There a North–South Divide in Integration Outcomes? A Comparison of the Integration Outcomes of Immigrants in Southern and Northern Europe
Integration in times of economic decline. Migrant inclusion in Southern European societies: Trends and theoretical implications
Despite the large amount of literature on migrants' integration, little is known about integration in times of economic decline. The aim of this Special Issue is to contribute to filling this research gap by exploring the nexus between the Great Recession that began in 2008 and integration processes. To this end, we regard Southern European countries as an observatory of crucial relevance because of their harsh experience of the crisis and common…
So close but yet so far? Labour Migration Governance in Italy and Spain
Southern European countries have traditionally been perceived as weak immigration countries with inefficient legal entry avenues for foreign workers, high irregular migration rates and poor integration policies. In recent years, however, the adoption of more efficient control policies, new recruitment strategies and embryonic integration plans throughout the region has led to a change of paradigm in the governance of migration. And yet policy ref…
Beyond instrumental citizenship: The Spanish and Italian citizenship regimes in times of crisis
The aim of this article is to contribute to the current debate on integration during economic downturn by analysing to what extent citizenship regimes may offer opportunities for instrumental uses of naturalisation in times of economic crisis. Its main goal is to provide a more nuanced view of citizenship acquisition, its implications and its alleged instrumental uses to stabilise legal status and improve mobility chances. For this purpose, our a…
Integration at work: Migrant healthcare professionals in two Spanish hospitals
Organisations’ logics play a crucial role in the integration of immigrants. This article aims to contribute to the relatively unexplored field of immigrant integration in organisations by analysing the workplace integration of healthcare professionals in two Spanish hospitals. Analysis shows how the lack of an official integration strategy in Spain does not seem to have significantly affected inclusion mechanisms of healthcare migrant workers in …
Cross‐border Healthcare in the EU: Welfare Burden or Market Opportunity? Evidence from the Spanish Experience
EU citizens' access to social rights has become a contentious issue in the EU in the past decade. This article aims to reverse the North–South perspective on intra‐EU mobility and welfare by shifting the research emphasis from the labour‐oriented mobility of young Southern Europeans in Northern Europe to the non‐labour‐motivated mobility of Northern EU citizens in Southern Europe. To do so, this analysis addresses the provision of healthcare assi…
A slow ride towards permanent residency: Legal transitions and the working trajectories of Ukrainian migrants in Italy and Spain
This article analyses the transition from temporary to permanent residency in Italy and Spain. Despite the growing number of permanent residents in Southern European countries, scholars have paid limited attention to the legal transitions that take place in migrants’ lives after regularisation. We show that different regulations regarding permit renewals can account for qualitative differences in immigrants’ permanent residency. The analysis focu…
Migration Control Logics and Strategies in Europe: A North-South Comparison
This open access book looks at migration control logics and strategies in Europe and questions existence of a North-South divide in immigration policies
Much ado about nothing? Giorgia Meloni’s government and immigration
Italy as an immigration country has been characterized by high rates of irregular migration due to the weak legal admission channels available and the combination of apowerful internal demand of foreign workers and intense external pressure on itsborders. Despite the growing salience of migration issues in the political arena, the country has shown a marked inertia in addressing the structural causes of the phenomenon. The gap between political g…
The Externalisation Gamble: Italy and Spain at the Forefront of Maritime Irregular Migration Governance
Irregular migration is rapidly becoming a permanent feature of the twenty-first century. Amid the European “refugee crisis”, Italy and Spain represent two major destination countries that are affected by substantial irregular flows. Despite this comparable condition, and notwithstanding the significance of their relevant policies, they have rarely been compared, a gap in the literature that this research addresses through a novel comparative anal…
Head or heart? Unpacking the subjective dimension of citizenship acquisition: Insights from migrants' narratives in Spain
This article explores the subjective dimension of citizenship acquisition by analyzing how migrants in Spain feel about becoming citizens. Our research shows that the subjective dimension of citizenship is embedded in a complex constellation of strategic choices and affective motivations that cannot be analyzed in dichotomic terms. While migrants seek legal security, equal rights and better jobs, becoming citizens makes them feel more secure and …
The citizenship-integration nexus from below: Migrants' understanding of citizenship acquisition as a pathway to integration in Italy and Spain
Citizenship acquisition represents a crucial step to achieve full integration in the country of residence. Yet, citizenship studies have largely addressed the relevance of institutional configuration of citizenship regimes to foster integration while sidelining migrants’ subjective understanding of citizenship as a pathway to integration. The objective of this article is to gather empirical evidence of migrants’ understanding of how citizenship a…
Raising concerns on the dangers of linking biological invasions to human migration
Political science (20 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (14 works) · Immigration (13 works) · Law (13 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (13 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Economics (10 works) · Economic geography (8 works) · Geography (8 works) · Law (8 works)