The Spillover of Misery
Harald Köpping Athanasopoulos
What can the irregular migrants’ situation teach us about European Integration?
According to Harald Köpping Athanasopoulos in his last book, these two elements have a particularly interesting connection.
« EU Migration Management and the Social Purpose of European Integration – The Spillover of Misery » provides us with a deep analysis of the EU’s integration policies, relying on both, field and theoretical research.
Through this analysis, the author not only describes the context and mechanisms that led to the contemporary EU migration management but also reports how the irregular migrants themselves experience this migration management.
Leveraging these thorough materials, H. Köpping Athanasopoulos defines the social purposes of European Integration, criticizes its Neofunctionalist approach, to finally highlight some contradictions and limits of the EU’s hegemony objectives.
EU Migration Management and the Social Purpose of European Integration
The Spillover of Misery
Authors: Harald Köpping Athanasopoulos
Series: IMISCOE Research Series
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
1st ed. 2020, XII, 171 p. 5 illus.
