Immigrant Integration in Southeast Europe

Policy and Outcomes in EU Member States and Candidate Countries
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-99663-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 246 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 540 g

Reihe: Southeast European Studies

This book presents a comparative analysis of the integration outcomes of immigrants in Southeast Europe, uncovering cross-country differences and ascertaining if they relate to the national integration policy frameworks within the context of the European Union (EU) accession.

Applying a multidimensional approach to measure immigrant integration and investigating a broad range of indicators, such as employment, income, social participation, and naturalization, this book reveals that there is a large cross-country variation in immigrant integration outcomes, and some differences in outcomes can indeed be dotted along the EU’s borderlines, as gaps between immigrants and non-immigrants are especially large in member states in the region. The findings highlight the struggles EU member states in Southeast Europe face in adjusting to the more dynamic immigration landscape that EU accession brings.

This book will be a valuable resource to scholars and students of immigrant integration, migration governance, European studies, and Southeast European studies, as well as those with an interest in EU enlargement and immigration policymaking.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Coskun, Laura Elina

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: Turning towards the Southeast – introducing an emerging region of interest for immigrant integration in contemporary Europe 1. Introduction 2. Explaining immigrant integration outcomes: Interplay between individual characteristics and contextual factors? 3. Research design and methods Part 2: Immigrant integration politics, policies, and contextual landscapes in Southeast Europe 4. Disentangling the European Union’s influence in shaping migration management and immigrant integration 5. Setting the stage: Analysis of immigrant integration contexts in the countries of Southeast Europe Part 3: What drives integration? Exploring multidimensional integration outcomes in comparative context of Southeast Europe 6. Immigrants’ legal-political integration in Southeast Europe: Naturalization and political participation 7. Immigrants’ economic integration in Southeast Europe: Employment and income 8. Immigrants’ social integration in Southeast Europe: Social contacts and life satisfaction Part 4: Lessons learned and the way forward for the future-looking Europe 9. Rethinking integration in Southeast Europe and beyond

Über Autor(innen)

Laura Elina Coskun is a migration practitioner, combining her academic and policy experience with a special focus on immigrant integration and international cooperation on migration in the European context. She has several years of experience in the field of migration across various international organizations, including both UN and EU agencies, and she defended her Ph.D. in Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in 2024.