- Based on sixty in-depth interviews of free moving European citizens, and more than five years of ethnographic and documentary research, it uncovers the rarely studied human dimension of European integration
- Examines the mobility, lifestyle and career opportunities created by the borderless society of the European Union, as well as the barriers that still persist
- Analyses the new migration trends, challenges to the welfare state, and forms of urban cosmopolitanism linked to processes of European integration
Preface.
1. FREEDOM-VRIJHEID-LIBERTÉ.
A Management Consultant’s Tale.
2. NEW AMSTERDAM.
A Logistics Manager’s Tale.
3. LONDON CALLS.
A Data Analyst’s Tale.
4. BRUSSELS-BRUSSEL-BRUXELLES.
An Architect’s Tale.
5. MIGRATION.
An Estate Agent’s Tale.
6. MOBILITY (1).
A Social Worker’s Tale.
7. MOBILITY (2).
A Landlady’s Tale.
8. SETTLEMENT.
A Businessman’s Tale.
9. INTEGRATION (1).
A Graphic Designer’s Tale.
10. INTEGRATION (2).
A Media Manager’s Tale.
11. LONDON LOVES.
A City Broker’s Tale.
12. OLD AMSTERDAM.
A Journalist’s Tale.
13. ANOMIE.
An IT Consultant’s Tale.
14. EUROPA.
Postface.
Appendix 1: Summary of interviews.
Appendix 2: A note on methodology.
Notes.
Bibliographical essay.
Index of interviewees.
Index