New Trends in Intra-European Union Mobilities: Beyond Socio-Economic and Political Factors

Mobilities within the European Union (EU) have changed significantly since the 1950s-1970s, with increased flows in the 21st century linked to EU expansion and the impact of the Great Recession. The current volume explores how these recent migrations reflect new and complex patterns of mobility, involving both natives and naturalized migrants. It examines the multiple connections between these new migration systems and other systems affecting social protection, gender, citizenship, and class, age, race, and ethnicity. The book covers a wide variety of cases, including intra-EU flows, recent Spanish and Latin American migrants, and Romanian migration, and will be of interest to academics, researchers, and advanced students of Sociology, Anthropology, Geography, Gender Studies, Public Policy, and Politics.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 176 pages
Publication date: 25 September 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Since the 1950s and 1970s, when intra-regional migration was the norm in the European Union (EU), there have been significant changes in mobility. Mobilities decreased in the twenty-first century, but they started to rise again, first as a result of EU expansion towards the East and, starting in 2008, as a result of the Great Recession's effects on Southern European nations, which led to a resurgence of South-North flows. The current volume investigates how these recent migrations reflect new and more complex patterns of mobility, which are becoming increasingly uncertain and unstable, involving both native-born and naturalized migrants. It also aims to unpack the multiple connections between these new migration systems and other systems affecting social protection, gender, citizenship, and how these intersect with other factors such as class, age, race, and ethnicity.

The book's various chapters cover a wide range of cases, including intra-EU flows from Portugal and Spain, recent Spanish and Latin American migrants in London, Paris, and Brussels, and Romanian migration to the UK and France, thus adding to its richness. Academics, researchers, and advanced students of Sociology, Anthropology, Geography, Gender Studies, Public Policy, and Politics will find this book of interest.

Ethnic and Racial Studies published this book originally as a special issue.

Weight: 453g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032038889