Migration and Social Protection in Europe and Beyond (Volume 1): Comparing Access to Welfare Entitlements (IMISCOE Research Series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3030512436 ISBN 13: 9783030512439

Publisher: Springer, 2021

Synopsis

This first open access book in a series of three volumes provides an in-depth analysis of social protection policies that EU Member States make accessible to resident nationals, non-resident nationals and non-national residents. In doing so, it discusses different scenarios in which the interplay between nationality and residence could lead to inequalities of access to welfare. Each chapter maps the eligibility conditions for accessing social benefits, by paying particular attention to the social entitlements that migrants can claim in host countries and/or export from home countries. The book also identifies and compares recent trends of access to welfare entitlements across five policy areas: health care, unemployment, family benefits, pensions, and guaranteed minimum resources.  As such this book is a valuable read to researchers, policy makers, government employees and NGO’s.

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About the Author

Dr Jean-Michel Lafleur is Research Professor at the University of Liège and Research Associate at the Belgian Fund for Scientific Research (FRS-FNRS). He is also Associate Director of the Centre for Ethnic and Migration Studies (CEDEM). His research interests lie particularly in the areas of transnationalism, EU mobility and social protection. In 2015, he was awarded a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for a project entitled “Migration and Transnational Social Protection in (Post)Crisis Europe” (MiTSoPro) upon which this volume is based.   

Dr Daniela Vintila is a postdoctoral researcher in the European Research Council (ERC) project “Migration and Transnational Social Protection in (Post)Crisis Europe” at the Centre for Ethnic and Migration Studies (CEDEM) of the University of Liège. She holds a PhD in Political Science from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Her research interests lie particularly in the areas of comparative politics, citizenship, EU studies, and international migration. Currently, she is chair of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) Standing Group Migration and Ethnicity, co-convenor of the IMISCOE Standing Committee Migration, Citizenship and Political Participation and vice-chair of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) Research Committee on European Unification.

From the Back Cover

This first open access book in a series of three volumes provides an in-depth analysis of social protection policies that EU Member States make accessible to resident nationals, non-resident nationals and non-national residents. In doing so, it discusses different scenarios in which the interplay between nationality and residence could lead to inequalities of access to welfare. Each chapter maps the eligibility conditions for accessing social benefits, by paying particular attention to the social entitlements that migrants can claim in host countries and/or export from home countries. The book also identifies and compares recent trends of access to welfare entitlements across five policy areas: health care, unemployment, family benefits, pensions, and guaranteed minimum resources.  As such this book is a valuable read to researchers, policy makers, government employees and NGO’s.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3030512436
• ISBN 13: 9783030512439
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 443
• Editor: Lafleur Jean-Michel, Vintila Daniela