Refugees, Citizenship and Social Policy in Europe

by A. Bloch, C. Levy

Overview

Recently, global and European migration in the post-Cold War world have received much attention. This edited collection is a comprehensive, up-to-date account of the social policies of European welfare states towards refugees and asylum seekers. It also examines the contested boundaries between refugees and asylum seekers and citizenship within European nation states and the European Union.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312217242
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	08/12/1999
Edition description:	1999
Pages:	242
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

CLAUDIO BOLZMAN Professor in the Centre for Social Research at the Institute of Social Studies, Geneva
KAREN DUKE Research Fellow in the School of Social Science at the University of Middlesex
JEANNE GREGORY visiting Professor and Head of Gender Research at the University of Middlesex
PAUL E. MINDERHOUD Senior researcher at the Institute for Sociology of Law at the University of Nijmegen
ROSEMARY SALES Principle Lecturer in the School of Social Science at the University of Middlesex
KAREN SCHÖWÄLDER Daad Lecturer in Modern German History at the School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies at the University of London
LIZA SCHUSTER research student in the Department of Politics at the University of Southampton
HELENA SCOTT European Development Officer at Age Concern, Scotland
JOHN SOLOMOS Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Southampton
LOUISE WILLIAMSON research student at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors List of Tables List of Figures Introduction; A.Bloch European Asylum and Refugee Policy After the Treaty of Amsterdam: the Birth of a New Regime?; C.Levy The Politics of Refugee and Asylum Policies in Britain: Historical Pattern and Contemporary Realities; L.Schuster and J.Solomos 'Persons Persecuted on Political Grounds Shall Enjoy the Right of Asylum - But Not in Our Country': Asylum Policy and Debates About Refugees in the Federal Republic of Germany; K.Schöwälder The Precarious Safety of the Refugee; P.Tuitt Refugee Resettlement in Europe; K.Duke, R.Sales and J.Gregory Asylum Seekers and the Access to Social Security: Recent Developments in The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany and Belgium; P.E.Minderhoud Unaccompanied Refugee Children: Legal Framework and Local Application in Britain; L.Williamson Age and Exile: Europe's Older Refugees and Exiles; H.Scott and C.Bolzman Refugees in the Job Market: A Case of Unused Skills in the British Economy, A.Bloch Asylum Seekers, Refugees and the Future of Citizenship in the European Union; C.Levy Index