Delegating Responsibility
International Cooperation on Migration in the European Union
Author(s)
Micinski, Nicholas R.
Language
EnglishAbstract
Delegating Responsibility explores the politics of migration in the European Union and explains how the EU responded to the 2015–17 refugee crisis. Based on 86 interviews and fieldwork in Greece and Italy, Nicholas R. Micinski proposes a new theory of international cooperation on international migration. States approach migration policies in many ways—such as coordination, collaboration, subcontracting, and unilateralism—but which policy they choose is based on capacity and on credible partners on the ground. Micinski traces the fifty-year evolution of EU migration management, like border security and asylum policies, and shows how EU officials used “crises” as political leverage to further Europeanize migration governance. In two in-depth case studies, he explains how Italy and Greece responded to the most recent refugee crisis. He concludes with a discussion of policy recommendations regarding contemporary as well as long-term aspirations for migration management in the EU.
Keywords
migration; refugee; asylum; migrant; irregular; undocumented; asylum seeker; EU; European Union; UN; United NaISBN
9780472902798, 9780472132829, 9780472038992, 9780472129638Publisher
University of Michigan PressPublisher website
http://www.press.umich.edu/Publication date and place
2022Classification
Politics & government
Central government policies
Human rights
Politics and government
Central / national / federal government policies
Human rights, civil rights