Managing labour migration in Europe Ideas, knowledge and policy change.
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, (c)2010.
- 1 online resource (257 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
9780719080722; 9780719080722; Copyright; Contents; List of tables and fi gures; Preface and acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 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 policy-making in the UK and Spain; 7 Managing migration in the UK and Spain: ideas, knowledge and policy change; 8 Conclusions; References; Index.
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 o.