ABSTRACT

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.

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

part II|38 pages

Actors and policies

chapter 4|17 pages

Mobility as a European political battleground

Issues and actors in the revision of the posting of workers directive

chapter 5|19 pages

The European Labour Authority and the shaping of “fair mobility”

The ambiguities of a regulatory agency in achieving the European labour market

part III|46 pages

Actors and practices in the sports industry

chapter 6|28 pages

The mobility of workers in sport

Issues and tensions between trade unions and sports institutions

chapter 7|16 pages

The mobility of professional athletes in Europe

Status, perspectives, and issues