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Refugees, Citizenship and Social Policy in Europe

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  • © 1999

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Editors:
  1. Alice Bloch

    1. University of East London, UK

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  2. Carl Levy

    1. Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Alice Bloch
    Pages 1-11

  3. European asylum and refugee policy after the Treaty of Amsterdam: the birth of a new regime?

    • Carl Levy
    Pages 12-50

  4. The politics of refugee and asylum policies in Britain: historical patterns and contemporary realities

    • Liza Schuster, John Solomos
    Pages 51-75

  5. ‘Persons persecuted on political grounds shall enjoy the right of asylum — but not in our country’: asylum policy and debates about refugees in the Federal Republic of Germany

    • Karen Schönwälder
    Pages 76-90

  6. The precarious safety of the refugee

    • Patricia Tuitt
    Pages 91-104

  7. Refugee resettlement in Europe

    • Karen Duke, Rosemary Sales, Jeanne Gregory
    Pages 105-131

  8. Asylum seekers and access to social security: recent developments in The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany and Belgium

    • Paul E. Minderhoud
    Pages 132-148

  9. Unaccompanied refugee children: legal framework and local application in Britain

    • Louise Williamson
    Pages 149-167

  10. Age in Exile: Europe’s older refugees and exiles

    • Helena Scott, Claudio Bolzman
    Pages 168-186

  11. Refugees in the job market: a case of unused skills in the British economy

    • Alice Bloch
    Pages 187-210

  12. Asylum seekers, refugees and the future of citizenship in the European Union

    • Carl Levy
    Pages 211-231

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 232-242
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About this book

Recently, global and European migration in the post-Cold War world have received much attention. This edited collection is a comprehensive, up-to-date account of the social policies of European welfare states towards refugees and asylum seekers. It also examines the contested boundaries between refugees and asylum seekers and citizenship within European nation states and the European Union.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of East London, UK

    Alice Bloch

  • Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK

    Carl Levy

About the editors

CLAUDIO BOLZMAN Professor in the Centre for Social Research at the Institute of Social Studies, Geneva KAREN DUKE Research Fellow in the School of Social Science at the University of Middlesex JEANNE GREGORY visiting Professor and Head of Gender Research at the University of Middlesex PAUL E. MINDERHOUD Senior researcher at the Institute for Sociology of Law at the University of Nijmegen ROSEMARY SALES Principle Lecturer in the School of Social Science at the University of Middlesex KAREN SCHÖWÄLDER Daad Lecturer in Modern German History at the School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies at the University of London LIZA SCHUSTER research student in the Department of Politics at the University of Southampton HELENA SCOTT European Development Officer at Age Concern, Scotland JOHN SOLOMOS Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Southampton LOUISE WILLIAMSON research student at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London

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