Book Discussion: Welfare Nationalism in Europe and Russia: The Politics of 21st Century Exclusionary and Inclusionary Migrations, by Linda J. Cook

Session Submission Type: Book Discussion Roundtable

Brief Description

"Welfare Nationalism" compares international migrations to Europe and Russia, including the Ukrainian refugee migration to Europe in 2022, refugee migrations from the Middle-East and North Africa to Europe after 2014,
and labor migrations from Central Asia to Russia and from Central and Eastern Europe to the EU15 after 2004. The book examines the harshness of most contemporary migration policies and explains why some groups
of migrants and refugees are, by contrast, welcomed, protected and included. It distinguishes between 'exclusionary' and 'inclusionary' migration cycles, showing the roles of ethnic distance or proximity of migrants
to majority populations in receiving states, anti-- or pro-migrant mobilization by political elites, and relation of migrants to national security (i.e. threatening or strengthening) as major factors driving migration in
exclusionary or inclusionary directions. Declining welfare and labor markets in Europe and Russia underlie hostility to migrants in exclusionary cases, and erode support even in inclusionary cases. The panel features
assessments of the book's arguments and case studies by well-established experts on welfare and migration in both Europe and Eurasia.

Sub Unit

• Politics/Law

Chair

• Dmitry Primus Gorenburg, Harvard U

Roundtable Speakers

• Linda J Cook, Brown U

• Mitchell A. Orenstein, U of Pennsylvania

• Michael Rasell, U of Innsbruck (Austria)

• Oxana Shevel, Tufts U