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Migration and Irregular Work in Austria: A Case Study of the Structure and Dynamics of Irregular Foreign Employment in Europe at the Beginning of the 21st Century

by Michael Jandl, Christina Hollomey, Sandra Gendera, Anna Stepien and Veronika Bilger

Amsterdam University Press, 2008
eISBN: 978-90-485-0638-5 | Paper: 978-90-8964-053-6
Library of Congress Classification HD8411.M54 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification 350

ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS

ABOUT THIS BOOK

Migration and Irregular Work in Austria offers a fresh new perspective on irregular migrant work by making use of in-depth interviews with migrants themselves. The authors challenge our ability to divide the world of foreign employment into legal and illegal work, and instead evaluate the new manifestations of “irregular migrant work” that have evolved in the wake of EU expansion. Arguing that this work is based on both supply and demand—and thus deeply ingrained in the structure of our advanced economies—this volume should fill a large gap in migration and labor market research.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Michael Jandl is a researcher and consultant for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, among other organizations. Christina Hollomey is a researcher at the International Centre for Migration Policy Development and a lecturer at the Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Vienna. Sandra Gendera is a research associate at the Social Policy Research Centre at the University of New South Wales. Anna Stepien is a doctoral candidate in political science at the University of Vienna. Veronika Bilger is a program manager at the International Centre for Migration Policy Development.

REVIEWS
"This is a carefully considered report on something that is difficult to know much about. Addressing concerns now at the centre of the EU, it reflects on the political, administrative and statistical processes surrounding irregular labour migration in a country that up until recently had 1,400 kilometres of Schengen border."

August Gächter, Senior Researcher, Centre for Social Innovation, Vienna, and Reader, University of Vienna

“Challenging the perceived capacity of states to regulate migration, this refreshing empirical study has the potential to instigate a fundamental reappraisal of irregular migrant work in Europe. A must-read for everybody concerned – academically or politically, in Austria and beyond.”

Norbert Cyrus, Senior Researcher, Hamburg Institute for Social Research

'This volume fills a significant gap in the still fragmented landscape of research on irregular (labour) immigrants in Europe. It is based on a mixture of methods, is very rich in data and contributes an overdue case study. But the authors go much further than this and make an important contribution to the analyses and theories in this field. Some aspects are indeed innovative. This book should be recommended reading by scholars of labour market, irregular economy and migration issues and of course policy makers.'
Franck Düvell, COMPAS, University of Oxford

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