The EU and Immigration Policies

Cracks in the Walls of Fortress Europe?
2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-30255-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 254 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 4238 g

Reihe: Transformations of the State

This book explores how and why the EU and its member states define immigration policies. A comparison of EU negotiations on five EU immigration directives reveals interests of actors in EU integration and whether common policies aim at a restriction or expansion of immigration to the EU.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Roos, C.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Regulation of Immigration by the European Union: An Empirical Puzzle 2. Actor Preferences in EU Immigration Policies 3. Actor Interactions in EU Immigration Politics 4. Shifting Immigration Policies to the EU Level: Timing and Framing Policies 5. The Family Reunification Directive 6. The Long-Term Residents Directive 7. EU Directives for Students and Researchers from Third Countries 8. The Labour Migration Directive 9. Accounts, Prospects, and International Migration Governance

Über Autor(innen)

Christof Roos is Research Associate at the Collaborative Research Centre on 'Transformations of the State' at University of Bremen, Germany. He is co-author of Liberal States and the Freedom of Movement: Selective Borders, Unequal Mobility (with Steffen Mau, Heike Brabandt, and Lena Laube).