Mobile Europe

The Theory and Practice of Free Movement in the EU
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-349-59147-3
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 288 g

With a particular focus on their integration paths, political participation and identifications, this book draws on large cross-national surveys of this specific population carried out between 2004 and 2012, as well as in-depth interviews and aggregate statistical data from a plethora of sources.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Recchi, Ettore

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Europäische Union, Europapolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Between Individualization and Globalization: The Long-Term Premises to Free Movement PART I: THEORIZING FREE MOVEMENT: HISTORY, POLICIES, DEMOGRAPHICS 1. A Frontierless Continent: History of an Idea and its Realization 2. Why Free Movement? Assessing Policies and Rationales 3. Mobile Europeans: How Many are There, Where are They, What do They do? PART II: PRACTISING FREE MOVEMENT: SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES 4. 'Old' and 'New' Mobile Europeans: Integration Pathways Compared 5. A Sterile Citizenship? Intra-European Mobility and Political Participation 6. Spatial Mobility and European Identity: Towards a Sense of Shared Belonging Conclusion: Free Movement in Europe: Epitomizing the Age of Mobility?

Über Autor(innen)

Ettore Recchi is Professor of Sociology at Sciences Po, France, and a member of the Observatoire Sociologique du Changement. He has taught at the University of Chieti-Pescara, the University of Florence, the European University Institute and the University of Michigan. His main research interests are mobilities (in their different forms), social stratification, elites and European integration. From 2002, he has served as coordinator of three large-scale international research projects on mobility in Europe (titled Pioneur, Moveact and Eucross) funded by the European Commission.