Favell Eurostars and Eurocities

Free Movement and Mobility in an Integrating Europe
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-71258-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 296 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: IJURR Studies in Urban and Social Change Book Series

Eurostars and Eurocities: Free Movement and Mobility in anIntegrating Europe examines intra-European Union migration inthe cities of Amsterdam, London and Brussels.
* Based on sixty in-depth interviews of free moving Europeancitizens, and more than five years of ethnographic and documentaryresearch, it uncovers the rarely studied human dimension ofEuropean integration
* Examines the mobility, lifestyle and career opportunitiescreated by the borderless society of the European Union, as well asthe barriers that still persist
* Analyses the new migration trends, challenges to the welfarestate, and forms of urban cosmopolitanism linked to processes ofEuropean integration

Autoren/Hrsg.

Favell, Adrian

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series Editors' Preface.
Preface.
1. FREEDOM-VRIJHEID-LIBERTÉ.
A Management Consultant's Tale.
2. NEW AMSTERDAM.
A Logistics Manager's Tale.
3. LONDON CALLS.
A Data Analyst's Tale.
4. BRUSSELS-BRUSSEL-BRUXELLES.
An Architect's Tale.
5. MIGRATION.
An Estate Agent's Tale.
6. MOBILITY (1).
A Social Worker's Tale.
7. MOBILITY (2).
A Landlady's Tale.
8. SETTLEMENT.
A Businessman's Tale.
9. INTEGRATION (1).
A Graphic Designer's Tale.
10. INTEGRATION (2).
A Media Manager's Tale.
11. LONDON LOVES.
A City Broker's Tale.
12. OLD AMSTERDAM.
A Journalist's Tale.
13. ANOMIE.
An IT Consultant's Tale.
14. EUROPA.
Postface.
Appendix 1: Summary of interviews.
Appendix 2: A note on methodology.
Notes.
Bibliographical essay.
Index of interviewees.
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Adrian Favell is Associate Professor of Sociology at UCLA. He is the author of Philosophies of Integration: Immigration and the Idea of Citizenship in France and Britain, and (with Michael Peter Smith) The Human Face of Global Mobility: International Highly Skilled Migration in Europe, North America and the Asia Pacific.