Delegating Responsibility : : international cooperation on migration in the European Union / / Nicholas R. Micinski.

• VerfasserIn: Micinski, Nicholas R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ann Arbor, Michigan : : University of Michigan Press,, 2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (246 pages)

Delegating Responsibility explores the politics of migration in the European Union and explains how the EU responded to the 2015-17 refugee crisis. Based on 86 interviews and fieldwork in Greece and Italy, Nicholas R. Micinski proposes a new theory of international cooperation on international migration. States approach migration policies in many ways--such as coordination, collaboration, subcontracting, and unilateralism--but which policy they choose is based on capacity and on credible partners on the ground. Micinski traces the fifty-year evolution of EU migration management, like border security and asylum policies, and shows how EU officials used "crises" as political leverage to further Europeanize migration governance. In two in-depth case studies, he explains how Italy and Greece responded to the most recent refugee crisis. He concludes with a discussion of policy recommendations regarding contemporary as well as long-term aspirations for migration management in the EU.

Table of Contents

List of Figures, Tables, BoxesAbbreviationsAcknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. International Cooperation and Migration Management -- 3. Collaboration in EU Migration Management -- 4. Coordination in Italy -- 5. Subcontracting in Greece -- 6. Conclusion -- Appendix I: Timeline of Migration State Capacity in EuropeAppendix II: Timeline of Migration State Capacity in ItalyAppendix III: Timeline of Migration State Capacity in Greece -- Bibliography.