Publications

On Circular Migration: Conceptual approaches, Theoretical dimensions and Policy programmes in Revista Migraciones (forthcoming)

2014

Ana López-Sala and Dirk Godenau

Circular migration is an attractive term that has entered the academic and policy debate during the last decade in North America and Europe. The popularity of the concept is partly linked to the search of new formulas to manage international migration. In spite of this popularity circularity remains a vague and elusive concept, and definitions have ranged from simple descriptive to prescriptive ones. Based on a conceptual and theoretical review this article highlights the analytic and empirical distinction between spontaneous and induced circularity. Induced circularity can be understood as a distinctive pattern of mobility resulting from the implementation of new temporary and seasonal labour mobility schemes.

Key words: circular migration, seasonal workers, temporary labour mobility schemes, induced circularity.

Spanish recruitment programmes for Latin Americans in countries of origin: a flexible management framework

2014

Ana López-Sala and Elena Sánchez-Montijano

In the past decade the countries with markets that needed seasonal labour sought new ways of importing foreign workers through channelling and recruitment programs in countries of origin. Starting from the premise that this form of hiring is based exclusively on the need for labour, this article seeks to demonstrate that, in the case of Spain, the effective development of this process has only been possible because of a flexible and dynamic system, including several bilateral agreements with Latin American countries. A flexible management of these programs has been implemented mainly through the legislation, the implicated institutions and actors, and the immigrants themselves, who have known how to (or have been forced to) adapt to the changes of a labour market conditioned by the globalization of labour and capital.

Key words: immigration, seasonal workers, circular Migration, Spain, Latin America

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