The Routledge Handbook of the Politics of Migration in Europe

The second edition of The Routledge Handbook of the Politics of Migration in Europe provides a rigorous, provocative, and critical examination of what is exceptional about the European politics of migration and the study of it.

Crucially, this book adopts a pan-European perspective to better explain the regional shades of European migration politics, inclusive of tendencies in all geographical parts of Europe. The volume accounts for recent developments that affect human mobility in Europe, including the significant number of asylum seekers from non-EU and non-European countries in 2014–2016, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Brexit, and the Russian war on Ukraine. Thematically organized, this book provides analytically fruitful comparisons across various geographical entities within Europe. The Routledge Handbook of the Politics of Migration in Europe will be essential reading and an authoritative reference for scholars, students, researchers, and practitioners involved in, and actively concerned about, research and policy on migration, and European and EU Politics.

Laura Cleton is Postdoctoral Researcher at Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Nahikari Irastorza is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, University of Deusto, Spain, and Senior Researcher at the Malmö Institute for Migration Studies, Malmö University, Sweden.

Agnieszka Weinar is Adjunct Research Professor at the Institute of European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (EURUS), Carleton University, Canada.

Lyubov Zhyznomirska is Associate Professor and Chairperson in the Department of Political Science and Global Development Studies, Saint Mary’s University, Canada.