Eurostars and Eurocities
Subtitle: Free Movement and Mobility in an Integrating Europe
Series: Studies in Urban and Social Change; Studies in Urban and Social Change
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Chichester
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780470712580
Subjects: Emigration and immigration; Transnationalism; Nationalism
Description: Eurostars and Eurocities: Free Movement and Mobility in an Integrating Europe examines intra-European Union migration in the cities of Amsterdam, London and Brussels.:.; Based on sixty in-depth interviews of free moving European citizens, and more than five years of ethnographic and documentary research, it uncovers the rarely studied human dimension of European integration.; Examines the mobility, lifestyle and career opportunities created by the borderless society of the European Union, as well as the barriers that still persist.; Analyses the new migration trends, challenges to the welfare.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: EUROSTARS AND EUROCITIES: FREE MOVEMENT AND MOBILITY IN AN INTEGRATING EUROPE; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Preface; 1 Freedom-Vrijheid-Liberté; 2 New Amsterdam; 3 London Calls; 4 Brussels-Brussel-Bruxelles; 5 Migration; 6 Mobility (1); 7 Mobility (2); 8 Settlement; 9 Integration (1); 10 Integration (2); 11 London Loves; 12 Old Amsterdam; 13 Anomie; 14 Europa; Postface; Appendix 1: Summary of Interviews; Appendix 2: A Note on Methodology; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Index of Interviewees; Index.