A continent moving west? : EU enlargement and labour migration from Central and Eastern Europe /

This study explores the expansion of migration from countries of Eastern Europe in the period following their accession to the European Union in 2004-07. It includes new empirical case studies of migration patterns based on recent field research, as well as analysis of existing statistical data.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors:	Black, Richard
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2010]
Series:	IMISCOE research.
Subjects:	Labor mobility > Europe, Central. Labor mobility > Europe, Eastern. Europe, Central > Emigration and immigration. Europe, Eastern > Emigration and immigration. Europe, Central > Foreign economic relations. Europe, Eastern > Foreign economic relations. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General. Society and social sciences. Sociology and anthropology. Emigration and immigration. International economic relations. Labor mobility. Europe, Central. Europe, Eastern. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Table of contents; 1. Introduction Working out a way from East to West: EU enlargement and labour migration from Central and Eastern Europe; 2. Working conditions for Polish construction workers and domestic cleaners in Oslo: Segmentation, inclusion and the role of policy; 3. Patterns and determinants of sub-regional migration: A case study of Polish construction workers in Norway; 4. What's behind the figures? An investigation into recent Polish migration to the UK; 5. Markets and networks: Channels towards the employment of Eastern European professionals and graduates in London.
6. 'A van full of Poles': Liquid migration from Central and Eastern Europe7. Direct demographic consequences of post-accession migration for Poland; 8. Brains on the move? Recent migration of the highly skilled from Poland and its consequences; 9. Skills shortage, emigration and unemployment in Poland: Causes and implications of disequilibrium in the Polish labour market; 10. Optimising migration effects: A perspective from Bulgaria; 11. Return migration and development prospects after EU integration: Empirical evidence from Bulgaria.
12. Transitioning strategies of economic survival: Romanian migration during the transition process13. Modernising Romanian society through temporary work abroad; 14. Pressure of migration on social protection systems in the enlarged EU; 15. The EU Directive on Free Movement: A challenge for the European welfare state?; Notes on contributors; Other IMISCOE titles.