Eurostars and Eurocities: Free Movement and Mobility in an Integrating Europe / Edition 1

by Adrian Favell

Overview

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 state, and forms of urban cosmopolitanism linked to processes of European integration

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781405134040
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	02/11/2008
Series:	IJURR Studies in Urban and Social Change Book Series , #10
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	6.02(w) x 9.06(h) x 0.68(d)

About the Author

Adrian Favell is Associate Professor of Sociology at UCLA. He is the author of Philosophies of Integration: Immigration and the Idea of Citizenship in France and Britain, and (with Michael Peter Smith) The Human Face of Global Mobility: International Highly Skilled Migration in Europe, North America and the Asia Pacific.

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Table of Contents

Series Editors’ Preface.

Preface.

1. FREEDOM-VRIJHEID-LIBERTÉ.

A Management Consultant’s Tale.

2. NEW AMSTERDAM.

A Logistics Manager’s Tale.

3. LONDON CALLS.

A Data Analyst’s Tale.

4. BRUSSELS-BRUSSEL-BRUXELLES.

An Architect’s Tale.

5. MIGRATION.

An Estate Agent’s Tale.

6. MOBILITY (1).

A Social Worker’s Tale.

7. MOBILITY (2).

A Landlady’s Tale.

8. SETTLEMENT.

A Businessman’s Tale.

9. INTEGRATION (1).

A Graphic Designer’s Tale.

10. INTEGRATION (2).

A Media Manager’s Tale.

11. LONDON LOVES.

A City Broker’s Tale.

12. OLD AMSTERDAM.

A Journalist’s Tale.

13. ANOMIE.

An IT Consultant’s Tale.

14. EUROPA.

Postface.

Appendix 1: Summary of interviews.

Appendix 2: A note on methodology.

Notes.

Bibliographical essay.

Index of interviewees.

Index

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"A fascinating insight into the crucial and elusive topic of European identity, Eurostars and Eurocities is a pleasure to read."
—Gideon Rachman, Financial Times

"Who are the Europeans? Eurostars and Eurocities presents a convincing portrait of the pitfalls, opportunities, sorrows and joys of people who have decided to give life a go in another European society."
—Neil Fligstein, University of California, Berkeley

"A rich ethnography that will surely become a major historical document of the experiences of free movers in the EU."
—Juan Díez Medrano, University of Barcelona