Synopses & Reviews
Recently global and European migration in the post-Cold War world has 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.
Synopsis
Notes on Contributors List of Tables List of Figures Introduction; A.Bloch European Asylum and Refugee Policy After the Treaty of Amsterdam: the Birth of a New Regime?; C.Levy The Politics of Refugee and Asylum Policies in Britain: Historical Pattern and Contemporary Realities; L.Schuster and J.Solomos '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; K.Sch w lder The Precarious Safety of the Refugee; P.Tuitt Refugee Resettlement in Europe; K.Duke, R.Sales and J.Gregory Asylum Seekers and the Access to Social Security: Recent Developments in The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany and Belgium; P.E.Minderhoud Unaccompanied Refugee Children: Legal Framework and Local Application in Britain; L.Williamson Age and Exile: Europe's Older Refugees and Exiles; H.Scott and C.Bolzman Refugees in the Job Market: A Case of Unused Skills in the British Economy, A.Bloch Asylum Seekers, Refugees and the Future of Citizenship in the European Union; C.Levy Index
Synopsis
Recently global and European migration in the post-Cold War world has 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.
Synopsis
This book is one of the first to analyze in detail the social policies of European welfare states towards refugees and asylum seekers in the 1990's.
Synopsis
A comprehensive, up-to-date account of the social policies of European welfare states towards refugees and asylum seekers.
About the Author
Alice Bloch is Lecturer in European Politics at Goldsmiths College, University of London.
Carl Levy is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of East London.
Table of Contents
Refugees and Social Policy--Alice Bloch and Carl Levy *
Part I: Background * Refugees in Europe: Britain and European Union in the 1980s--Carl Levy * The Politics of Refugee and Asylum Policies in Britain: Historical Patterns and Contemporary Realities--John Solomos and Liza Schuster * Asylum and Immigration: Politics and Policy Making in the Federal Republic of Germany since 1949--Karen Schönwälder * Reconstructing Refugees as "Non-Victims:" The Legal Position of Refugees in the United Kingdom--Patricia Tuitt * The Reception and Resettlement of Refugees in the European Union: The Role of Public, Private and Voluntary Organizations--Stefan Sperl *
Part II: Social Policy Issues * Refugees and Social Security: A UK/European Comparison--Jonathan Parr * Education and Refugee Children: General Policy and Best Practice in the UK--Maureen Fox * Unaccompanied Refugee Children: Legal Framework and Local Application in Britain--Louise Williamson * The Health Service Needs of Older Refugees in Britain--Catherine Bewley * Employment and Training of Refugees: The British Care--Alice Bloch *
Conclusion * The Marginalization of Refugees in Britain and Europe--Alice Bloch and Carl Levy