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Boekbespreking van boek Het leven van dingen van Warna Oosterbaan, winnaar van de Sociologische Bril 2021.

Intro -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Between Mobility and Migration: The Consequences and Governance of Intra-­European Movement -- 1.1 Conceptualizing Free Movement and Its Consequences -- 1.2 Governance of Free Movement in a Multi-Level Setting -- 1.3 Outline of the Book -- 1.4 IMAGINATION Project -- 1.5 Methodological Considerations -- References -- Part I: Types of Intra-European Movement and Their Consequences -- Chapter 2: The Diversification of Intra-European Movement -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Methodology and Issues -- 2.3 CEE Migration Before the Enlargements -- 2.4 Enlargements, CEE Migration, and Transitional Arrangements -- 2.5 Main Migration Corridors -- 2.6 Types of Migration (TOMs) and the Feminization of Migration -- 2.7 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3: Consequences of Intra-European Movement for CEE Migrants in European Urban Regions -- 3.1 Introduction - Setting the Scene -- 3.2 State of the Art: Studies on CEE Migration -- 3.3 Empirical Results: Implications of CEE Migration in Selected Urban Regions -- 3.3.1 Preliminary Remarks: Urban Regions and the Notion of Space -- 3.3.2 Relevance of Different Types of CEE Migration in European Urban Regions -- 3.4 Consequences for Different Types of CEE Migrants -- 3.4.1 The Situation of Economically Active CEE Migrants: A Question of Legal Status -- 3.4.2 The Situation of Family Members: Depending on the Single Earner -- 3.4.3 The Situation of Students: Rarely Discussed by the Experts -- 3.4.4 The Situation of Destitute CEE Migrants: A "Special Challenge" -- 3.5 The Crucial Interface: Access to Information and Individual Language Skills -- 3.6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Liquid Migration and Its Consequences for Local Integration Policies -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Liquid Migration and its Local Consequences -- 4.2.1 Liquid Migration as an Ideal Type.

This open access book offers a critical perspective on intra-European mobility and migration by using new empirical data and theoretical discussions. It develops a theoretical and empirical analysis of the consequences of intra-European movement for sending and receiving urban regions in The Netherlands, Sweden, Austria, Turkey, Poland and Czech Republic. The book conceptualizes Central and Eastern European (CEE) migration by distinguishing between different types of CEE migrants and consequences. This involves a mapping of migration corridors within Europe, a unique empirical analysis of consequences for urban regions, and an analysis of governance responses. Next to the European and country perspectives on this phenomenon, the book focuses on the local perspective of urban regions where most mobile citizens settle (either permanently or temporarily). This way the book puts the analysis of intra-European movement in the perspective of broader theoretical debates in migration studies and beyond.

This book shows that intra-European movement not only raises various practical social and governance issues, but also deepens important theoretical and conceptual issues. This includes fundamental questions concerning the conceptualization within migration studies about its core object of analysis; when can something be considered as migration? In this book this concerns in particular whether to conceptualize intra-European movement as 'migration' or 'mobility'; can those who move in the EU be considered 'migrants' in a sociological sense or should they be conceptualized merely as mobile EU citizens making use of their right to free movement? The contestation of this very basic conceptualization reveals not only the political character of some of concepts used in this research field, but also the need for more cross-disciplinary work in the conceptualization of migration, here in particular between sociology and political sciences.