ABSTRACT
Migration in the Mediterranean region is a widely debated and much studied topic. This is due to the present refugee crisis, consequences of Arab revolutions, the proximity with emigration and transit countries, but also to the involvement of southern European countries and the mass arrival of migrants. The management of Border controls, migration, development, human trafficking, human rights and the clash or convergence of civilizations has generated a great deal of controversy and media attention.
Migration in the Mediterranean offers a unique multidisciplinary theoretical and methodological framework, bringing together scholars from different subject areas. This book aims to address the following research questions: What are the main characteristics of migration movements in this region? What are the most important theoretical challenges? What are the perspectives for the future? This book begins with an overview of the economic perspective of the Mediterranean migration model, with a particular focus on labour market outcomes of migrants. It then presents the original results of field studies on the unintended effects of the EU's external border controls on migration and integration in the Euro-Mediterranean region, before addressing the themes of mobility, migration and transnationalism.
This volume focuses on migration with a multidisciplinary approach, with scholars from various areas including sociology, economics, geography, political science and history. This book is well suited for those who study international economics, migration and political sociology.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|84 pages
Labour migration movements in the Mediterranean
chapter 2|17 pages
2: A provincial level analysis of Italian emigration to Africa in mass migration years
chapter 3|25 pages
3: The South-European model of immigration
chapter 4|28 pages
4: The labour market insertion of immigrants into Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom
part 2|84 pages
The unintended effect of the EU's external borders securitization
chapter 5|18 pages
5: Illegal immigration beyond stereotypes
chapter 6|21 pages
6: The securitization of the EU external borders and the rise of human smuggling along the Eastern Mediterranean route
chapter 7|23 pages
7: Gender and borders in a comparative perspective
part 3|74 pages
Mobility, migration and transnationalism in the Mediterranean region