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Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Migration and Social Transformation: Interdisciplinary Insights and European Perspectives; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Theorizing Social Transformation: Elements of an Integrative Approach; 1.3 Migration, Mobility, and Social Transformation: Aspects of a Complex Interplay; 1.4 Contextualizing the Migration-Transformation-Nexus: towards a Multiplicity of European Perspectives; 1.5 Structure and Content of the Volume; 1.5.1 Part I. Theorizing About Migration and Social Transformation in Europe
1.5.2 Part II. Transformations in the Political Regulation of Migration1.5.3 Part III. Complexities of Mobilities: From One-Way Migration to Multiple Patterns; 1.5.4 Part IV. Shifting Politics of Belonging; 1.5.5 Part V. Outlook for Researching Migration and Social Transformation beyond Eurocentrism; 1.6 Conclusion; References; Part I : Theorizing About Migration and Social Transformation in Europe; Introduction to Part I; References; Chapter 2: Understanding Global Migration: A Social Transformation Perspective; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Migration, Mobility, and the 'Sedentary Bias'
2.3 The Rocky Road Towards a 'Single Theory' of Migration2.3.1 Interdisciplinarity; 2.3.2 Fragmentation on the Basis of Spatial or Functional Criteria; 2.3.3 Closeness to Political and Bureaucratic Agendas; 2.3.4 The Receiving-Country Bias; 2.3.5 Isolation of Migration Studies from Broader Trends in Contemporary Social Theory; 2.3.6 Complexity, Diversity, and Context; 2.3.7 From Grand Theory to Interdisciplinary Middle-Range Theory; 2.4 A Social-Transformation Framework for Migration Studies; 2.4.1 Re-embedding Migration in Social Transformation
2.4.2 Social-Transformation Theory and Migration Theory2.5 Example: Migration and Labour-Force Dynamics in the New Economy; 2.6 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Theorizing About Change: The Promise of Comparative Political Economy for Migration Studies; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 What Is Driving Immigration Policy Design?; 3.3 Comparative Political Economy and Migration Studies; 3.4 The Liberalization of Labour Migration in Europe; 3.4.1 Developments in Sweden: Comprehensive Liberalization; 3.4.2 Developments in the United Kingdom: Wholesale Liberalization across the Board in an LME
3.5 ConclusionReferences; Chapter 4: Turning to Grand Theory: Cultural Political Economy and the Regulation of Immigration; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Theorizing the Political Regulation of Immigration; 4.2.1 The Political Economy of Immigration; 4.2.2 The Statist Turn; 4.2.3 The Scalar Turn; 4.2.4 The Semiotic Turn; 4.3 Cultural Political Economy as Grand Theory; 4.3.1 Why CPE?; 4.3.2 CPE and the Strategic-Relational Approach; 4.3.3 Integrating the Turns; 4.4 Conclusion: New Momentum for Political Economy; References
1.5.2 Part II. Transformations in the Political Regulation of Migration1.5.3 Part III. Complexities of Mobilities: From One-Way Migration to Multiple Patterns; 1.5.4 Part IV. Shifting Politics of Belonging; 1.5.5 Part V. Outlook for Researching Migration and Social Transformation beyond Eurocentrism; 1.6 Conclusion; References; Part I : Theorizing About Migration and Social Transformation in Europe; Introduction to Part I; References; Chapter 2: Understanding Global Migration: A Social Transformation Perspective; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Migration, Mobility, and the 'Sedentary Bias'
2.3 The Rocky Road Towards a 'Single Theory' of Migration2.3.1 Interdisciplinarity; 2.3.2 Fragmentation on the Basis of Spatial or Functional Criteria; 2.3.3 Closeness to Political and Bureaucratic Agendas; 2.3.4 The Receiving-Country Bias; 2.3.5 Isolation of Migration Studies from Broader Trends in Contemporary Social Theory; 2.3.6 Complexity, Diversity, and Context; 2.3.7 From Grand Theory to Interdisciplinary Middle-Range Theory; 2.4 A Social-Transformation Framework for Migration Studies; 2.4.1 Re-embedding Migration in Social Transformation
2.4.2 Social-Transformation Theory and Migration Theory2.5 Example: Migration and Labour-Force Dynamics in the New Economy; 2.6 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Theorizing About Change: The Promise of Comparative Political Economy for Migration Studies; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 What Is Driving Immigration Policy Design?; 3.3 Comparative Political Economy and Migration Studies; 3.4 The Liberalization of Labour Migration in Europe; 3.4.1 Developments in Sweden: Comprehensive Liberalization; 3.4.2 Developments in the United Kingdom: Wholesale Liberalization across the Board in an LME
3.5 ConclusionReferences; Chapter 4: Turning to Grand Theory: Cultural Political Economy and the Regulation of Immigration; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Theorizing the Political Regulation of Immigration; 4.2.1 The Political Economy of Immigration; 4.2.2 The Statist Turn; 4.2.3 The Scalar Turn; 4.2.4 The Semiotic Turn; 4.3 Cultural Political Economy as Grand Theory; 4.3.1 Why CPE?; 4.3.2 CPE and the Strategic-Relational Approach; 4.3.3 Integrating the Turns; 4.4 Conclusion: New Momentum for Political Economy; References