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Prior to the 2004 'eastward' enlargement of the EU, the older Member States (the EU15) voiced concerns that labour market disruption and benefit tourism would occur upon extension of the right to free movement to nationals of the eight central and eastern European accession countries (the EU8). This book analyses the citizenship status, entitlement and experience of nationals from the EU8 and the forthcoming EU2 (Romania and Bulgaria) during the transitional periods. This volume explores EU8 and EU2 nationals' legal rights to access work in the EU15, their experiences of such work in the UK and their access to and engagement with broader family and social entitlement.Citizenship, therefore, is conceptualised not merely as rights but as a practice; a real 'lived' experience. The citizenship status of migrants from the CEE Member States is shaped by formal legal entitlement, law in action, as it is implemented by the Member Sates and 'accessed' by the migrants, and social and cultural perceptions and experiences 'on the ground'. This book also analyses the broader impact that EU enlargement may have on the future development of Union citizenship.
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MIGRATION, WORK AND CITIZENSHIP IN THE ENLARGED EUROPEAN UNION
Law and Migration Series Editor Satvinder Singh Juss, King’s College London, UK
Migration and its subsets of refugee and asylum policy are rising up the policy agenda at national and international level. Current controversies underline the need for rational and information debate of this widely misrepresented and little understood area. Law and Migration contributes to this debate by establishing a monograph series to encourage discussion and help to inform policy in this area. The series provides a forum for leading new research principally from the Law and Legal Studies area but also from related social sciences. The series is broad in scope, covering a wide range of subjects and perspectives. Other titles in this series: Refugee Law and Practice in Japan Osamu Arakaki 978-0-7546-7009-4 International Migration and Global Justice Satvinder Juss 978-0-7546-4671-6 (Hbk) 978-0-7546-7289-0 (Pbk)
Migration, Work and Citizenship in the Enlarged European Union
SAMANTHA CURRIE University of Liverpool, UK
© Samantha Currie 2008 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. Samantha Currie has asserted her right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the author of this work. Published by Ashgate Publishing Limited Wey Court East Union Road Farnham Surrey GU9 7PT England
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www.ashgate.com British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Currie, Samantha Migration, work and citizenship in the enlarged European Union. - (Law and migration) 1. Alien labor - Legal status, laws, etc. - Great Britain 2. Labor market - Great Britain 3. Aliens - Great Britain Social conditions 4. Great Britain - Emigration and immigration I. Title 344.4'10162 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Currie, Samantha, 1982Migration, work, and citizenship in the enlarged European Union / by Samantha Currie. p. cm. -- (Law and migration) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-7546-7351-4 (hardcover) 1. Citizenship--European Union countries. 2. Freedom of movement--European Union countries. 3. Labor policy-European Union countries. 4. Migrant labor--European Union countries. 5. Alien labor --Great Britain. 6. Migrant labor--Europe, Eastern. I. Title. KJE5124.C87 2008 342.2408'3--dc22 2008029387 ISBN 978-0-7546-7351-4
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