Migration In The Western Balkans

Author : Russell King,Nermin Oruc
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781000740455

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Migration in the Western Balkans by Russell King,Nermin Oruc Pdf

Migration in the Western Balkans rectifies the under-investigation by migration scholars of the Western Balkans region, by bringing together recent research at a time when migration is a hot topic for the future of Europe. The book explores issues such as the complex geopolitics of the region, the relationship between migration and development, diasporas, and refugees and humanitarianism. Expert contributors present new research on economic migration, forced migration, diaspora formation and return migration at a time when migration is of crucial relevance for the future of Europe. The chapters shed new light on the multiple migration dynamics of a region which has had a troubled past yet stands on the threshold of EU membership. As a theatre of multiple migration processes Migration in the Western Balkans reveals new information on the region, and will be of great interest to scholars of migration, the Balkans and geopolitics. The chapters were originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies.

Author : Robert Rydzewski
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000962048

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The Balkan Route by Robert Rydzewski Pdf

This book is an ethnography of the people migrating through the Balkan route and the reaction of the local communities who witnessed their struggle to reach the European Union. Based on extensive fieldwork conducted in North Macedonia and Serbia, it pays special attention to the "refugee crisis", that gave birth to a new border regime based on a permanent suspension of laws, normalisation of violence, and the entrapment of migrants stranded in a liminal space at the gates to the EU, neither able to go further nor back. The book will appeal to an international audience of academics of migration studies, social and political science, and the wider public interested in migration and social and political changes in Southeast Europe.

Author : Jaroslav Bardovic, Jakub Mihalik
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783838213446

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Migration: The Challenge of European States by Jaroslav Bardovic, Jakub Mihalik Pdf

In the US as well as in Europe, migration and migration policy is one of the top issues. This timely volume gathers distinguished authors from academic institutions throughout Europe addressing the growing importance of migration policy making and the refugee crisis that European Union member states and other countries are currently facing. By focusing on the most important effects that the migration from Third World countries has brought to the European Union, they provide a critical overview of the politicization, securitization, and social discourse of migration. The authors analyze the impacts on public administration and governance and also discuss the rise of the radical right in EU member states, the rise of populism, and the alienation of citizens from formal politics which is also caused by the growing interest in security and public safety. The pan-European character of the publication’s scope is vested in its narration; the contributors cover the situation in Western Europe, the critical positions of the Visegrad countries as well as foreign policy making in Slovenia and the Western Balkans. Moreover, the authors address case studies from states such as Armenia and Moldova, including their labor migrants in the Western world. The collection is completed by contrasting and discussing the immigration policies of countries that are well-known for their open and liberal immigration activities such as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States.

Author : Francisco de Borja Lasheras,Tcherneva Vessela,Wesslau Fredrik
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 15 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Balkan Peninsula
ISBN : 191011863X

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Return to Instability by Francisco de Borja Lasheras,Tcherneva Vessela,Wesslau Fredrik Pdf

"EU's weakness is prompting a new scramble for power for the Balkans with Russia, Turkey and other actors"--Publisher's description.

Author : Hans Vermeulen,Martin Baldwin-Edwards,Riki van van Boeschoten
Publisher : Springer
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319137193

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Migration in the Southern Balkans by Hans Vermeulen,Martin Baldwin-Edwards,Riki van van Boeschoten Pdf

This open access book collects ten essays that look at intra-regional migration in the Southern Balkans from the late Ottoman period to the present. It examines forced as well as voluntary migrations and places these movements within their historical context, including ethnic cleansing, population exchanges, and demographic engineering in the service of nation-building as well as more recent labor migration due to globalization. Inside, readers will find the work of international experts that cuts across national and disciplinary lines. This cross-cultural, comparative approach fully captures the complexity of this highly fractured, yet interconnected, region. Coverage explores the role of population exchanges in the process of nation-building and irredentist policies in interwar Bulgaria, the story of Thracian refugees and their organizations in Bulgaria, the changing waves of migration from the Balkans to Turkey, Albanian immigrants in Greece, and the diminished importance of ethnic migration after the 1990s. In addition, the collection looks at such under-researched aspects of migration as memory, gender, and religion. The field of migration studies in the Southern Balkans is still fragmented along national and disciplinary lines. Moreover, the study of forced and voluntary migrations is often separate with few interconnections. The essays collected in this book bring these different traditions together. This complete portrait will help readers gain deep insight and better understanding into the diverse migration flows and intercultural exchanges that have occurred in the Southern Balkans in the last two centuries.

Author : Marko Kmezić,Alexandra Prodromidou,Pavlos Gkasis
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2023-10-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000990218

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Migration, EU Integration and the Balkan Route by Marko Kmezić,Alexandra Prodromidou,Pavlos Gkasis Pdf

Contributing to our understanding of the impact of the 2015 migrant “crisis” on the future of EU integration, this book views the “crisis” as an accelerant to existing problems, namely Brexit, the growing popularity of anti-immigrant far right parties and the rise of xenophobic and antiliberal governments from the Baltics to the Balkans. Providing analysis at the national, regional level and EU level, this book shows how the countries on the migrant route have been affected according to their degree of integration with the EU and the specific socio-political and economic conditions of each country. The volume will be of interest to scholars or international relations, security studies, border studies, EU policies, migration studies and Southeast European studies.

Author : Marco Zoppi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030896287

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Futures of the Western Balkans by Marco Zoppi Pdf

This Brief provides a survey of key political, social, and economic issues affecting the Western Balkans region. Taking a two-pronged conceptual approach focusing on fragmentation and integration, the volume highlights commonalities and differences in a number of simultaneous dynamics currently characterizing the region: Europeanization and EU access, market integration, and migration and socio-demographic transformations. Stressing the interconnectedness of these issues, the volume synthesizes key questions for the future of the region, such as the relationship between socio-demographic trends and economic development, the effects of depopulation on further EU integration, and the economic and political repercussions of enhanced intra-regional trade. Explicitly interdisciplinary, this Brief will be useful for researchers and students specializing in the Balkans and Western Balkans, post-socialist countries, European affairs, enlargement, foreign policy, international relations, regional studies, economics, economic transition, and socio-demographics.

Author : Konstantinos N. Zafeiris
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031530883

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Population Studies in the Western Balkans by Konstantinos N. Zafeiris Pdf

Author : Luisa Chiodi
Publisher : Longo Angelo
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015062429249

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The Borders of the Polity by Luisa Chiodi Pdf

Author : Will Bartlett,Vassilis Monastiriotis,Panagiotis Koutroumpis
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781527558786

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Social Exclusion and Labour Market Challenges in the Western Balkans by Will Bartlett,Vassilis Monastiriotis,Panagiotis Koutroumpis Pdf

This edited volume focuses on the challenges facing the Western Balkan countries in their efforts to deal with social exclusion and social inequality while making progress in their reform efforts to join the European Union. It examines how states have failed to offer adequate social protection to those excluded from labour markets, including women, young people, and Roma ethnic minorities, a process that has driven high rates of outward migration. It also provides a detailed introduction to the main conclusions of the various contributions gathered here, and an overview of the lessons learned, which will be of direct interest to policy makers and practitioners in the field of social cohesion in the Western Balkans. The chapters of this book are revised and updated versions of papers that were first presented at a conference of the LSEE Research Network on Social Cohesion held in Skopje in 2017, comprising the latest research by leading scholars from the region.

Author : William Bartlett,Milica Uvalić
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2022-10-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783031061127

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Towards Economic Inclusion in the Western Balkans by William Bartlett,Milica Uvalić Pdf

The countries in the Western Balkans have been severely affected by the wars and conflicts that led to the breakup of former Yugoslavia, by political instability and the effort of creating new states, weak economies and high levels of unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, and inequality. As revealed by recent surveys, such as EBRD’s Life in Transition Survey and Eurofound’s European Quality of Life Survey, life satisfaction in the region is far below that elsewhere in Europe. In recent years they had achieved a strong impetus of economic growth with falling rates of unemployment and increasing optimism for the future. However, the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 has brought about a sudden reversal of these trends and a renewed deterioration in the economic outlook, and an increase in social hardships that heralds a repeat of past failures in economic inclusion policies. This book identifies the key challenges in the areas of economic inclusion, focusing on the themes of labour markets, vocational education and skills, female entrepreneurship and the integration of migrants. It considers the opportunities for solutions to “build back better” once the recovery from the COVID-19 crisis begins, and offers proposals for more acceptable, equitable and effective economic inclusion policies.

Author : Agnieszka Weinar,Saskia Bonjour,Lyubov Zhyznomirska
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781315512839

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The Routledge Handbook of the Politics of Migration in Europe by Agnieszka Weinar,Saskia Bonjour,Lyubov Zhyznomirska Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of the Politics of Migration in Europe provides a rigorous and critical examination of what is exceptional about the European politics of migration and the study of it. Crucially, this book goes beyond the study of the politics of migration in the handful of Western European countries to showcase a European approach to the study of migration politics, inclusive of tendencies in all geographical parts of Europe (including Eastern Europe, the Western Balkans, Turkey) and of influences of the European Union (EU) on countries in Europe and beyond. Each expert chapter reviews the state of the art field of studies on a given topic or question in Europe as a continent while highlighting any dimensions in scholarly debates that are uniquely European. Thematically organised, it permits analytically fruitful comparisons across various geographical entities within Europe and broadens the focus on European immigration politics and policies beyond the traditional limitations of Western European, immigrant-receiving societies. The Routledge Handbook of the Politics of Migration in Europe will be essential reading and an authoritative reference for scholars, students, researchers and practitioners involved in, and actively concerned about, research on migration, and European and EU Politics.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264434073

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PISA Education in the Western Balkans Findings from PISA by OECD Pdf

The Western Balkans region has clear aspirations to improve its economic competitiveness and integrate further into Europe. A highly skilled population is critical to achieving these goals, which makes creating and maintaining high quality and equitable education systems a vital part of regional development efforts.

Author : Pierre BECKOUCHE,Pierre BESNARD,Hugues PECOUT
Publisher : Springer
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319285214

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Atlas of Challenges and Opportunities in European Neighbourhoods by Pierre BECKOUCHE,Pierre BESNARD,Hugues PECOUT Pdf

This atlas provides a macro-regional overview of the areas that surround the European Union, from the Sahara to the Middle East, Western Balkans to European Russia, Turkey to the Arctic. Detailing key socio-economic data as well as developmental trends, the maps provide a comprehensive territorial analysis at a local scale and explore the potential for regional integration and cooperation.These pioneering maps examine challenges that threaten this wide, yet inter-connected, region, including environmental concerns in the North, political unrest in the East, social factors in the Western Balkans, and the upheaval in the Mediterranean since the Arab spring. Coverage investigates such key countries and areas as Libya, Israel, Palestine, Syria, and the Ukraine as well as explores such essential issues as Europe’s energy procurement. In addition, it also presents a comparison with other world regions such as East Asia and North America.In the end, readers discover that territorial integration faces many shortcomings, but that deep regional cooperation would be a key driver for the EU’s sustainable future. This atlas features the main results of the “Integrated Territorial Analysis of the Neighbourhoods” research project undertaken by ESPON (The European Observation Network for Territorial Development and Cohesion). It provides scholars; local authorities and NGOs involved in cross-border cooperation; companies interested in energy, agriculture, water, transportation and communication; and interested readers with key insights into this important region.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9286148291

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Hope and Strength in the Western Balkans by Anonim Pdf

The Western Balkans have been a crossing point between Central Europe and the East for centuries. Devastated by tragic conflicts, nationalism and neglected investments, the Western Balkan countries are striving to find a new equilibrium. Citizens and institutions in the Balkans have repeatedly affirmed their ambition to become part of the European Union and have made significant efforts to turn this dream into reality. The European Investment Bank (EIB) has done a lot in this region over the past 20 years. It has helped build pan-European transport corridors, supported direct foreign investment, helped redevelop urban areas, provided technical assistance and additional finance to enhance and develop social and economic infrastructure, and stimulated private sector growth to create jobs. Looking ahead, there is hope for a brighter and greener future for the Western Balkans. Matteo Rivellini is the Head of Division in charge of lending operations in Slovenia, Croatia and the Western Balkans at the EIB. This is the thirteenth essay in the Big Ideas series created by the European Investment Bank.