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Long-term care and migrant labour in the UK
No full textAs the financial crisis continues to cast its long shadow over Europe, the view that immigrants compete unfairly for jobs and present an unsustainable burden on the European Social Model appears to be gathering support in some circles. But at the same time, the 'right' type of immigrant has often been perceived as a potential cure for Europe's sluggish labour markets and ailing welfare systems - especially immigrants who are young, easily employable and who arrive without family. So far, efforts to solve this conundrum - as in the UK's points-based system - have focused on increasing the selectivity of the admissions process. In this book, leading immigration experts question the effectiveness of this approach. Besides efforts to regulate the flow and rights of immigrants, they argue that governments across Europe need to devise labour market, welfare and immigration policies in a more integrated fashion
The Current Traps of European Immigration Policies
No full textThe main thrust of this paper is to describe and analyze the dynamics
between the various EU member states and the European Community in
the development towards a common immigration policy. There has so far
been a striking contrast between the economic, social and political significance of migration, and the degree
to which it has been subject to international organization. It is argued that
conditional convergence has been a more relevant term than harmonization describing
the process up till the end of the century, and the main reason for this is the strength
of national interests and the impact of tradition and experience of policymaking
in this realm
Country report : Norway
Get PDFFirst published in November 2009; Revised May 2010Research for this EUDO Citizenship Observatory Country Report has been jointly supported by the European Commission grant agreement JLS/2007/IP/CA/009 EUCITAC and by the British Academy Research Project CITMODES (both projects co-directed by the EUI and the University of Edinburgh).Revised version: 2013/2
Welfare State, Integration and Legitimacy of the Majority: The Case of Norway [Elektronisk resurs]
No full textAssimilation has in recent years been established as an illegitimate power strategy in most contexts in Europe. Apart from trying to nuance the content of this position, the paper raises questions as to the possible hidden power agenda in the integration strategy, or rather, which are the intentional or non-intentional power related implications of this strategy? Who is integrating whom into what kind of society? How are conceptions of nationhood maintained, legitimized and possibly reproduced?</p
Welfare State, Integration and Legitimacy of the Majority: The Case of Norway
No full textAssimilation has in recent years been established as an illegitimate
power strategy in most contexts in Europe. Apart from trying to nuance
the content of this position, the paper raises questions as to the possible hidden power agenda in the integration strategy, or rather, which are the intentional or non-intentional power related implications of this strategy? Who is integrating whom into what kind of society? How are conceptions of nationhood maintained, legitimized and possibly reproduced
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