(Re)scaling Governance of Skilled Migration in Europe: Divergence, Harmonisation, and Contestation

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 344-358

  van Riemsdijk, Micheline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue Card; European Union; Immigration; Lisbon Treaty; Politics of scale; Skilled migration

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; IMMIGRATION POLICY; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; LABOR MIGRATION; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; SKILLED LABOR; STANDARD (REGULATION);

EUROPE;

EID: 84857913733     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.677     Document Type: Article

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