Description
Book SynopsisThis book provides an authoritative account of policy change over labour migration in Europe during this new era of governance. It reveals the impacts of ideas and knowledge on policy change in two of the major labour importing countries in the EU: the UK and Spain.
Trade ReviewManaging Labour Migration in Europe is an outstanding effort to provide an integrated background study of labour migration policies in Spain and the UK."
"This book is indispensable reading for all those involved in immigration policy making or who are active in the area. Furthermore, it provides an essential source of knowledge for academics and students of immigration, addressing explicitly the way that ideas and knowledge affect decision making.
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Table of ContentsPreface and acknowledgments
List of abbreviations
List of tables
List of figures
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 policymaking in the UK and Spain
7. Managing migration in the UK and Spain: ideas and policy change
8. Conclusions
References
Index