The Market Citizenship Illusion

Free Movement Rights for Atypical Workers

Dr Alice Welsh (York Law School, UK)

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English

Hart Publishing
20 March 2025

Citizenship & nationality law; Employment & labour law

Series: Modern Studies in European Law

This open access book challenges the existing focus in EU citizenship scholarship which overlooks the limitations of free movement for atypical workers.

Arguing that the deliberately vague EU concept of ‘work’ allows for its restricted application in Member States, the book shows how many workers and economic contributors are left out of the free movement regime. It does this by taking a mixed methods approach: relying on both qualitative case studies and legal analysis of EU and UK legislation, case law, and decision maker guidance. All this leads to a significant and original argument that, if EU free movement rights are awarded on the basis of market credentials, more must be done to work towards a more contemporary, accurate and inclusive market citizenship.

Provocative and thought-provoking, this book will appeal to all scholars of EU free movement law.

The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by UKRI.

By: Dr Alice Welsh (York Law School UK)
Imprint: Hart Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 238mm, Width: 162mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 566g
ISBN: 9781509966608
ISBN 10: 1509966609
Series: Modern Studies in European Law
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 20 March 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction 2. ‘What a Way to Make a Living’: The Rise and Risks of the Atypical Labour Market 3. Schrodinger’s Worker: When is a Worker not a Worker? 4. Taking Liberties: The UK’s Minimum Earnings Threshold Narrows the EU Concept of Work 5. Inequality Squared: How the MET Compounds Discrimination 6. ‘Citizens of Nowhere’?: The Limitations and Challenges of Supranational Citizenship 7. To Each According to Their Affluence: Atypical Workers and the Limits of Free Movement Rights 8. Conclusion

Alice Welsh is Lecturer at the University of York, UK.