Managing Migration: Civic Stratification And Migrants Rights

Managing Migration Nation states must today contend with large numbers of non-citizens living within their borders. This phenomenon has largely been understood in terms of the decline of the nation state or of increasing globalisation, but in Managing Migration Lydia Morris argues that it throws up more complex questions. In the context of the European Union the terms of debate about immigration, legislation governing entry, and the practice of regulation reveal a set of competing concerns, including: ● ● ● ● anxiety about the political affiliation of migrants; continuing employer demand for labour; the desire to protect national resources; human rights obligations alongside restrictions on entry. The outcome of the ensuing tensions is presented in terms of increasingly complex systems of civic stratification. The heart of the book considers the operation of such systems in three contrasting countries: Germany, Italy and Great Britain. Morris then moves on to examine the way in which abstract notions of rights map on to lived experience when filtered through other forms of difference such as race and gender, and to an elaboration of the theoretical implications of her work. This book will be essential reading for students and researchers working in the areas of migration and the study of the European Union. Lydia Morris is Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex. Managing Migration Civic stratification and migrants’ rights Lydia Morris London and New York First published 2002 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2003. © 2002 Lydia Morris All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Morris, Lydia, 1949– Managing migration : civic stratification and migrants rights / Lydia Morris. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. European Union countries–Emigration and immigration–Government policy. 2. Immigrants–Government policy–European Union countries. 3. Immigrants–Civil rights–European Union countries. 4. Social stra