Labour migration in Europe / edited by George Menz.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Patterns, Trends and (Ir)Regularities in the Politics and Economics of Labour Migration in Europe / G. Menz and A. Caviedes -- PART ONE: LABOUR MIGRATION AND EUROPEAN CAPITALISMS -- Employers, Trade Unions, Varieties of Capitalism and Labour Migration Policies / G. Menz -- The Sectoral Turn in Labour Migration Policy / A. Caviedes -- Emigration, Immigration and the Quality of Membership: On the Political Economy of Highly Skilled Immigration Politics / H. Kolb -- Trade Unions and Migrant Labour in the 'Global Age': New Alliances or Old Antagonisms? / T. Krings -- PART TWO: THE EFFECTS OF EUROPEANIZATION -- Crossing Over, Heading West and South: Mobility, Citizenship and Employment in the Enlarged Europe / E. Recchi and A. Triandafillidou -- Labour Immigration in the EU through the Back Door? The Free Provision of Services as a Facilitator of Migration Flows / V. Hatzopoulos -- PART THREE: THE OUTSOURCING OF MIGRATION MANAGEMENT -- The Privatization and Outsourcing of Migration Management / G. Menz -- PART FOUR: UNAUTHORISED LABOUR MIGRATION -- Strange Castle Walls and Courtyards: Explaining the Political Economy of Undocumented Immigration and Undeclared Employment / M. Samers -- Unauthorized Migration and the Politics of Regularization, Legalization, and Amnesty / W. Maas.

Economic migration has been rediscovered by governments across Europe. Highly skilled migrants are actively solicited, irregular migrants are being offered amnesties, and East-West migration is welcomed by business and employer associations. However, this is a highly politicized and contested policy domain. This timely collection of cutting-edge research explores and examines the new realities of economic immigration to Europe. The thematic focus rests on new trends and developments, including the rediscovery of economic migration, factors explaining the focus on highly skilled migration, legalization measures, irregular migration, East-West flows, the role of employers and business groups, new positions amongst trade unions, outsourcing of control functions, and service sector liberalization and its implications.