The Global Economic Crisis and Migration

Contributing to our understanding of how economic crises induce changes both in migratory movements and policy, this book offers an in-depth analysis of the impact of the economic crisis (2008-2012) on immigration movements and policies in the U.S. and Europe. It was first published as a special issue of the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.

Christof Roos is an Assistant Professor in European and Global Governance at University of Flensburg. His work focuses on EU integration in Justice and Home Affairs, EU migration and asylum policy, and freedom of movement. Natascha Zaun is an Assistant Professor in Migration Studies at the European Institute of the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her research focuses on EU asylum and immigration policy as well as global refugee and visas policy.

Introduction: The global economic crisis as a critical juncture? The crisis's impact on migration movements and policies in Europe and the U.S. 1. Circumventing deadlock through venue-shopping: why there is more than just talk in US immigration politics in times of economic crisis 2. The crisis as an opportunity for change? High-skilled immigration policies across Europe 3. Negotiating varieties of capitalism? Crisis and change in contemporary British and German labour migration policies 4. Migration policy reforms in the context of economic and political crises: the case of Belgium 5. Citizenship in the shadow of the Euro crisis: explaining changing patterns in naturalisation among intra-EU migrants 6. Mobilities in the crisis and post-crisis times: migration strategies of Poles on the EU labour market 7. The economic crisis as a driver of cross-border labour mobility? A multi-method perspective on the case of the Central European Region