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Why Mobility Matters to Social Policy

Cecilia Bruzelius — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 07:30:42 +0000

Over the recent years, there has been growing attention to cross-national migration in social policy research. Yet migration is often seen as external to the development of welfare systems. Moreover, the relationship between mobility and social policy at different scales has been largely overlooked, despite the salience of mobility and

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Translocal Care Work of Estonian Families

Pihla Maria Simm — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 07:30:00 +0000

Family responsibilities do not disappear with geographical distance. The possibility to provide care across national borders may therefore affect people’s decisions to move. However, the social policies framing care are still predominantly national. How are the everyday care practices from the point of view of Estonian families, whose members live

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Why Has the European Court of Justice Shifted Toward a More Restrictive Position on Access to Welfare in Member States?

Angie Gago — Thu, 01 Apr 2021 07:30:00 +0000

This is a repost of blog contribution that was originally published at The Loop on 12 March 2021. From 2014, ECJ decisions on welfare access have departed significantly from previous case law. Angie Gago and Francesco Maiani analyse two Court dialogues, one with the EU legislator, the other with national

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