Immigration and Citizenship in an Enlarged European Union: The Political Dynamics of Intra-EU Mobility

Simon McMahon

Palgrave Macmillan UK, Jan 1, 2015 - Political Science - 238 pages

A distinctive contribution to the politics of citizenship and immigration in an expanding European Union, this book explains how and why differences arise in responses to immigration by examining local, national and transnational dimensions of public debates on Romanian migrants and the Roma minority in Italy and Spain.

About the author

Simon McMahon has been a Visiting Researcher at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy and the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, Spain. He has also carried out policy work for major public institutions in the UK, taught politics in the UK and the Czech Republic, and worked on community engagement and development projects in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Immigration and Citizenship in an Enlarged European Union: The Political Dynamics of Intra-EU Mobility; Palgrave Studies in Citizenship Transitions
• Author: Simon McMahon
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2015
• ISBN: 1349492787, 9781349492787
• Length: 238 pages
• Subjects: Political Science / General; Political Science / Globalization; Political Science / History & Theory; Political Science / World / European; Social Science / Emigration & Immigration; Social Science / Social Classes & Economic Disparity; Social Science / Sociology / General