Mobility in Transition : Migration Patterns after EU Enlargement.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (333 pages)
- IMISCOE Research Series .
- IMISCOE Research Series .
Intro -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Rationale of the book -- 1.2 Understanding transition of mobility -- 2 Liquid migration -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 'The new migration -- 2.2.1 New geography of migration -- 2.2.2 New types of migrants -- 2.2.3 New residence statuses -- 2.2.4 New survival strategies -- 2.3 Liquid migration -- 2.4 Discussion -- 3 Anatomy of post-accession migration -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Unique patterns of post-accession migration flows -- 3.3 How patchy are statistics about post-accession migration? -- 3.4 Measuring new migration patterns -- 3.5 Conclusions -- 4 Diverging or converging communities? -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Theories regarding the perpetuation of internationalmigration and its stages -- 4.3 Research methodology -- 4.4 Convergence versus divergence of migration stages inLuncavit¸a and Feldru -- 4.5 Concluding remarks: A stage approach to internationalmigration from Luncavit¸a and Feldru -- 5 Post-accession migration from the Baltic states -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The changing face of migration in the Baltic states -- 5.3 Geographical mobility of the labour force in Latvia -- 5.4 Characteristics of Latvian emigration to the UnitedKingdom following EU accession -- 5.5 Discussion and concluding remarks -- 6 The race for global talent, EU enlargement andthe implications for migration policies andprocesses in European labour markets -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Policy approaches in the 'global competition for talent':Examples from Europe -- 6.3 Conclusion -- 7 'I know that I have a university diplomaand I'm working as a driver' -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 The phenomenon of highly skilled movement -- 7.3 Defining brain movement of EU post-enlargementmigration from Poland to Glasgow -- 7.4 EU post-enlargement migration from Poland to Glasgow:Brain drain/brain overflow or brain waste/brain gain?. 7.5 Conclusion -- 8 Transnational social networks,human capital and economic resourcesof Polish immigrants in Scotland -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Polish post-accession migration to Scotland -- 8.3 Scotland's immigration: Past, present and future -- 8.4 Scotland's immigration: Political strategy and institutionalsettings -- 8.5 Migration, transnationalism and migrant resources andcapital -- 8.6 Polish post-accession immigrants in Scotland and theirtransnationalism -- 8.7 Conclusion -- 9 Why do highly educated migrantsgo for low-skilled jobs? -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Research methodology and the target group -- 9.3 The macro level: Institutional and economic conditions -- 9.4 The meso level: Social ties and migration behaviour -- 9.5 The micro level: Individual capital, motives and perceptions -- 9.6 Conclusion -- 10 Changes in tertiary education andstudent mobility in Hungary -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Data framework of the study -- 10.3 Hungary: Low mobility in the context of Europe -- 10.4 Development and current challenges of the highereducation system in Hungary -- 10.5 Mobility programmes and exchange students to Hungary -- 10.6 International students in Hungary: Changes in statisticsand mobility strategies from 2001 to 2008 -- 10.7 Mobility of international students after graduation -- 10.8 Conclusions -- 11 Understanding the counter-flow -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Return migration and migration theory -- 11.3 Empirical evidence on return migration: A literature review -- 11.4 Return migration of post-accession migrants: The new'target earners'? -- 12 Regional selectivity of return migration -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Return migration to Poland: An overview -- 12.3 Regional economic development in Poland -- 12.4 Theoretical model for analysing the regional selectivity ofhigh-skilled return migration. 12.5 Locational choice of high-skilled return migrants in Poland:An empirical analysis -- 12.6 Discussion of the results and conclusion -- 13 Translators of knowledge? -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Research background -- 13.3 Methodology and sample structure -- 13.4 Labour market positioning of foreign-trained universitygraduates: A typology -- 13.5 Conclusion -- 14 Ready to move -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Theoretical considerations -- 14.3 Return of Poles: Quantitative analysis -- 14.4 The qualitative dimension of post-accession returnmigrations to Poland -- 14.5 Summary and conclusion -- 15 Concluding remarks -- 15.1 Structural changes in source and destination countries -- 15.2 Migration strategies and patterns in new migration flows:What do we learn from typologies? -- 15.3 Between structure and strategy: Conceptual considerationsfor understanding post-accession migration -- 15.4 Mobility in transition?.
This volume presents new research on post-accession migration from Central and Eastern Europe in the short period since the EU enlargements of 2004 and 2007.