Introduction

Labour migration in Europe: Changing policies – changing organizations – changing people

Bibliographic Data

ID9953590
AuthorsBarbara Laubenthal (The University of Texas at Austin, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume55
IssueS1
Pages3-10
Publication date2017-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Migration (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-7985 • E-ISSN: 1468-2435
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/imig.12408
OpenAlexW2773591972
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited16

Under which circumstances do labour migration policies change? When do organizations become agents of change? And what triggers significant transformation in labour migration flows? We start from the assumption that, during the last years, change in the field of labour migration has intensified. In some countries, paradigmatic changes towards more liberal immigration regimes have taken place; new organizations have emerged; and the profile of intra‐European workers’ mobility has changed. The articles assembled in this volume shed light on developments in the field of labour migration by using the notion of change as their conceptual lens. They show that changes can best be captured with a multi‐level model and an interdisciplinary approach that connects labour migration issues to broader political science and sociological theories. Such an analysis shows that recent changes are paradigmatic, multi‐layered and ambiguous with regard to a further liberalization of the European labour migration regime

Economic geography · Economic system · Economics · Field (mathematics · Human migration · Immigration · Liberalization · Market economy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Sociology · European Union Policy and Governance · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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