In this timely and important book, Professor Brad K. Blitz, a
leading expert on post-conflict integration, statelessness,
migration, development and human rights, reminds us how the concept
of freedom of movement, and its relationship to migration, has
received little comprehensive treatment among academics, even
though it underpins what we expect as individuals living in liberal
states. Yet, there are 214 million international migrants and 740
million internal migrants in the world today. It is all the more
paradoxical therefore that there is no guarantee of the right of
freedom of movement where most migration takes place against the
backdrop of both official and unofficial controls. With strong
theoretical underpinnings, and drawing from a range of
philosophers, both ancient and modern, Professor Blitz, examines
the legal foundations for the free movement of people, before
undertaking a practical critique of recent free movement
experiences in Spain, Italy, Serbia, Croatia, Russia and Slovenia.
This is a tour de force. A work of remarkable scholarship,
prescience, and practical relevance, which deserves to be read by
all on this much-neglected subject of freedom of movement.' -
Satvinder Juss, King s College London, UK'An advance, both
analytically and empirically, for migration studies. With a base in
international law and political theory, Blitz admirably opens up
the ambiguous question of freedom of movement in relation to the
restrictions still imposed by national borders and sovereignty, and
the difficulties migrants face turning movement into successful
settlement. Focusing on Europe, and migration experiences internal
and external to the EU, as well as within and across national
boundaries, the book significantly challenges current immigration
paradigms with a series of atypical and provocative case studies.'
- Adrian Favell, Sciences Po, Paris, France Migration and Freedom
is a thorough and revealing exploration of the complex relationship
between mobility and citizenship in Europe. Brad Blitz draws upon
European and international law, political theory, economics,
history and contemporary studies of migration to provide an
original account of the opportunities and challenges associated
with the right to free movement in Europe and beyond. Integrating
over 160 interviews with individuals in Croatia, Slovenia, Italy,
Spain, the UK and Russia, this book provides a unique focus on both
internal and inter-state mobility and a re-evaluation of the
concept of freedom of movement. The author documents successful and
unsuccessful settlement and establishment cases and records how
both official and informal restrictions on individuals' mobility
have effectively created new categories of citizenship and
exclusion within Europe. This book is an original study aimed at
academics, students and government officials interested in
migration, international studies, public and social policy, and
politics. Contents: 1. Migration and Freedom 2. Investigating
Freedom of Movement 3. Freedom of Movement in Europe 4. Spanish
Doctors in the United Kingdom 5. European Language Teachers in
Italy 6. Displaced Serbs in Croatia 7. Internal Migrants in Russia
8. Discrimination and Immobility in Slovenia 9. Analysis 10.
Conclusion Bibliography
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