A continent moving west? : : EU enlargement and labour migration from Central and Eastern Europe / / edited by Richard Black [and others].

• Superior document: IMISCOE research
• TeilnehmendeR: Black, Richard, 1964 August 10-
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press],, 2010.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: IMISCOE research.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (335 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
• Notes: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Feb 2021).

A Continent Moving West? argues that the conceptualization of migration as a one-way or long-term process is becoming increasingly wide of the mark. Rather, east-west labor migration in Europe, in common perhaps with other flows in and from other parts of the world, is diverse, fluid, and influenced by the dynamics of local and sector-specific labor markets and migration-related political regulations. The papers in this book contribute to critical understanding of the east-west migration within the European Union after the 2004 enlargement, from the new to the old member states.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- 1. Introduction. Working out a way from East to West: EU enlargement and labour migration from Central and Eastern Europe / Engbersen, Godfried / Okólski, Marek / Black, Richard / Panţîru, Cristina -- 2. Working conditions for Polish construction workers and domestic cleaners in Oslo: Segmentation, inclusion and the role of policy / Friberg, Jon Horgen -- 3. Patterns and determinants of sub-regional migration: A case study of Polish construction workers in Norway / Napierała, Joanna / Trevena, Paulina -- 4. What's behind the figures? An investigation into recent Polish migration to the UK / Drinkwater, Stephen / Eade, John / Garapich, Michal -- 5. Markets and networks: Channels towards the employment of Eastern European professionals and graduates in London / Csedő, Krisztina -- 6. 'A van full of Poles': Liquid migration from Central and Eastern Europe / Engbersen, Godfried / Snel, Erik / Boom, Jan de -- 7. Direct demographic consequences of post-accession migration for Poland / Anacka, Marta / Okólski, Marek -- 8. Brains on the move? Recent migration of the highly skilled from Poland and its consequences / Kaczmarczyk, Paweł -- 9. Skills shortage, emigration and unemployment in Poland: Causes and implications of disequilibrium in the Polish labour market / Grabowska-Lusinska, Izabela -- 10. Optimising migration effects: A perspective from Bulgaria / Markova, Eugenia -- 11. Return migration and development prospects after EU integration: Empirical evidence from Bulgaria / Mintchev, Vesselin / Boshnakov, Venelin -- 12. Transitioning strategies of economic survival: Romanian migration during the transition process / Potot, Swanie -- 13. Modernising Romanian society through temporary work abroad / Sandu, Dumitru -- 14. Pressure of migration on social protection systems in the enlarged EU / Nowaczek, Krzysztof -- 15 The EU Directive on Free Movement: A challenge for the European welfare state? / Ochel, Wolfgang -- Notes on contributors