Foggy social structures : irregular migration, European labour markets and the welfare state / edited by Michael Bommes and Giuseppe Sciortino.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bommes, Michael.

Sciortino, Giuseppe.

Series:

IMISCOE research

IMISCOE Research

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--Europe.

Immigrants.

Europe.

Labor market--Europe.

Labor market.

Welfare state--Europe.

Welfare state.

Physical Description:

228 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2011]

Summary:

European countries are currently involved in several irregular migration systems, resulting in undocumented populations estimated at several millions. They manage to live and work for years without a certified identity -- a phenomenon that challenges existing notions of political statehood and societal membership. Drawing on empirical studies carried out in a variety of settings, theauthors of this illuminating study analyse the ways in which such irregular migration systems developed over time, interacting with changes in European labour markets, welfare regimes and immigration policies.

Contents:

1 Irregular migration as a structural phenomenon / Michael Bommes Bommes, Michael, Giuseppe Sciortino Sciortino, Giuseppe 11

Part I Irregular Migration and Eastern Enlargement

2 From irregular migrants to fellow Europeans: Changes in Romanian migratory flows / Remus Gabriel Anghel Anghel, Remus Gabriel 23

3 Illegality in everyday life: Polish workers in Dutch agriculture / Emilia Brinkmeier Brinkmeier, Emilia 45

4 The informal economy of paid domestic work: Ukrainian and Polish migrants in Naples / Lena Näre Näre, Lena 67

Part II Irregular Migration and the Hidden Welfare Regime

5 Gaining an insight into Central European transnational care spaces: Migrant live-in care workers in Austria / Sandra Gendera Gendera, Sandra 91

6 Irregular migration and foggy organisational structures: Implications of a German city study / Maren Wilmes Wilmes, Maren 117

Part III Policy Responses

7 Labour market flexibility and worker security in an age of migration / Alex Balch Balch, Alex, Sam Scott Scott, Sam 143

8 Immigration control and strategies of irregular immigrants: From light to thick fog / Godfried Engbersen Engbersen, Godfried, Dennis Broeders Broeders, Dennis 169

9 Regularisation of immigrants in Southern Europe: What can be learned from Spain? / Claudia Finotelli Finotelli, Claudia 189

Epilogue

10 In lieu of a conclusion: Steps towards a conceptual framework for the study of irregular migration / Michael Bommes Bommes, Michael, Giuseppe Sciortino Sciortino, Giuseppe 213.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789089643414

9089643419

9789048514724

904851472X

OCLC:

766530238