This book brings together the expertise of economists, legal scholars, political scientists, and sociologists in order to integrate diverse perspectives and a broad range of analytical tools in the conceptualisation of labour mobility.
It examines how variably the question of labour mobility has translated into the policies, laws, and norms through which the EU as a whole is governed. The contributions focus on the actors – European and national officials, experts, trade union and employers’ organisations – and on instruments implemented by institutions and political organisations – European Agency, coordination systems, European Job Mobility Portal (EURES) – to increase and support mobility within the European Union.
This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of European/EU studies, migration studies, labour studies, political sociology, and more broadly to comparative politics.
"Introduction Part 1: Issues, Measurement, and Tensions 1. The challenges to labor mobility at the European level 2. Worker mobility: Definitions and measures 3. Obstacles to and drivers of worker mobility Part 2: Actors and Policies 4. Mobility as a European political battleground: Issues and actors in the revision of the Posting of Workers Directive 5. The European Labour Authority and the shaping of ""fair mobility"": The ambiguities of a regulatory agency in achieving the European labor market Part 3: Actors and Practices in the Sports Industry 6. The mobility of workers in sport: Issues and Tensions between trade unions and sports institutions 7. The mobility of professional athletes in Europe: Status, perspectives, and issues"
Hélène Michel is Professor of Political Science at the University of Strasbourg, France. Mélanie Schmitt is Professor of Labour Law at the University of Strasbourg, France.