Del 6 i serien Comparative Political Economy

Modern Migration Theory

An Alternative Economic Approach to Failed EU Policy

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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2023 EUSA Book Award - Honorable MentionCurrent migration policy is based on a seemingly neutral accounting exercise, in which migrants contribute less in tax than they receive in welfare assistance. A “fact” that justifies increasingly restrictive asylum policies. Peo Hansen shows that this consensual cost-perspective on migration is built on a flawed economic conception of the orthodox “sound finance” doctrine prevalent in migration research and policy. By examining migration through the macroeconomic lens offered by modern monetary theory, Hansen is able to demonstrate sound finance’s detrimental impact on migration policy and research, including its role in stoking the toxic debate on migration in the European Union. More importantly, Hansen’s undertaking offers the tools with which both migration research and migration policy could be modernized and put on a realistic footing.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2021-03-23
Mått156 x 234 x 26 mm
Vikt550 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieComparative Political Economy
Antal sidor256
FörlagEdinburgh University Press
ISBN9781788210546

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Peo Hansen is Professor of Political Science at the Institute for Research on Migration, Ethnicity and Society (REMESO), Linkoping University, Sweden. He has written extensively on questions of migration, citizenship and identity and how they relate to the political economy of European integration. His books include The Politics of European Citzenship (with Sandy Brian Hager) and Eurafrica: The Untold History of European Integration and Colonialism (with Stefan Jonsson).

1. Migration: "mother of all problems"2. The fiscal impact of migration3. A modern migration theory4. Demography, security and the shifting conjunctures of the EU’s external labour migration policy5. Labour migration in a sound finance policy logic6. Why EU asylum policy cannot afford to pay demographic dividends7. "We need these people": refugee spending, fiscal impact and refugees' real bearing on Sweden’s society and economy8. Conclusion

A timely book on the supposed trade-off between migration and the sustainability of the welfare state. Hansen’s skilful debunking of the 'sound finance' view demonstrates that there is no 'fiscal burden' when it comes to migration. Migrants are an essential part of the workforce and contribute to the economy. Hansen successfully rewires our thinking about migration and the economy. I highly recommend this superb book.