Labour Migration in the European Union: The Policy-Making Process

Preface
Contents
Abbreviations
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction: Labour Migration Policy-Making in the EU
	Introduction
	Labour Mobilityin the EU
	Policy-Making in the EU Context
	Research Questions and Considerations
	Academic Literature on Labour Migration Policy Process
	Structure and Scope of This Book
	References
2 Theorizing the EU Policy-Making
	Introduction
	Background: Approaches and Concepts Applied in the Study of EU Policy Process
	New Institutionalism
	Rational Choice Institutionalism
	Historical Institutionalism
	Sociological Institutionalism
	Multi-level Governance (MLG)
	Conclusion
	References
3 The European Policy Approach to the Labour Migration Problem
	Introduction
	Legal Background: The EU Applicable Rules
		The Principle of Free Movement of Labour
		The Introduction of Free Movement as Part of the Internal Market
		The Notion of an European Citizenship
		A Single External Border
	Institutional Developments Brought About by the Lisbon Treaty
	Recent Legal Developments Concerning Free Movement of Labour
	Policy Developments
	Global Approach to Migration and Mobility
	Conclusion
	References
4 Recent Trends in Labour Migration in the EU
	Introduction
	Data on Labour Flows
	Obstacles to Mobility
		Downturn in the Logic of the Internal Market
		Prospect of Declining Population
		Labour Market Participation
		Skills
		Wages
		Harmonization Problem
	Conclusion
	References
5 Policy Process in the European Union
	Introduction
	Mode of Governance
	Patterns of Policy-Making in the EU
		The Community Method
		Regulatory Mode
		Distributional Mode
		Intensive Transgovernmentalism
	Conclusion
	References
6 Institutional Decision-Making in the EU
	Introduction
	Responsibilities of the EU Institutions
	The EU as a Polity
	The Policy Circle
	Legislative Decision-Making in the EU
	Conclusion
	References
7 Labour Migration Policy-Making in the EU
	Introduction
	The Commission Influence
	The Council of Ministers: Limits on Individual Control
	Executive Oversight Role of the European Parliament
	The European Court of Justice’s Political Power
	Intergovernmental Governance: Limits on Individual National Government Control
	Conclusion
	References
8 The EU as Efficient Polity in Migration: Conflict and Cooperation
	Introduction
	More Supranational Migration Governance
	A Renationalization of Powers to the Member States
	Conclusion
	References
9 Conclusion: The Present Realities and the Future of the EU’s Labour Migration Policy Process
	The Merits of Theoretical Labour Governance
	The European Policy Approach to the Migration Problem
	The European Labour Market Outlook
	Framework for Analyzing the EU’s Policy Process
	A Multi-dimensitional Policy-Making in Migration
	Motivations, Expectations and Realties of Migration Policy Process
	A Political Efficiency of the Migration Policy-Making in the EU
	References
References
Index