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Delegating Responsibility explores the politics of migration in the European Union and explains how the EU responded to the 2015-17 refugee crisis. Based on 86 interviews and fieldwork in Greece and Italy, Nicholas R. Micinski proposes a new theory of international cooperation on international migration. States approach migration policies in many ways--such as coordination, collaboration, subcontracting, and unilateralism--but which policy they choose is based on capacity and on credible partners on the ground. Micinski traces the fifty-year evolution of EU migration management, like border security and asylum policies, and shows how EU officials used "crises" as political leverage to further Europeanize migration governance. In two in-depth case studies, he explains how Italy and Greece responded to the most recent refugee crisis. He concludes with a discussion of policy recommendations regarding contemporary as well as long-term aspirations for migration management in the EU.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Acknowledgments (p. vii)
• List of Illustrations (p. ix)
• Abbreviations (p. xi)
• 1 Introduction (p. 1)
• 2 International Cooperation and Migration Management (p. 23)
• 3 Collaboration in EU Migration Management (p. 49)
• 4 Coordination in Italy (p. 79)
• 5 Subcontracting in Greece (p. 107)
• 6 Conclusion (p. 141)
• Appendix I Timeline of Migration State Capacity in Europe (p. 159)
• Appendix II Timeline of Migration State Capacity in Italy (p. 163)
• Appendix III Timeline of Migration State Capacity in Greece (p. 169)
• Notes (p. 175)
• Bibliography (p. 213)
• Index (p. 229)
• Digital material related to this title can be found on the Fulcrum platform via the following citable URL: https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.12068235

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CHOICE Review

Micinski (Univ. of Maine) starts by outlining a framework for analyzing interactions between the European Union and its member states Italy and Greece, who are grappling with a refugee crises. In theory, three of Micinski's four levels in this framework--coordination, collaboration, and cooperation--are potentially sequential stages in the development of these interactions, whereas the fourth, unilateralism, represents a breakdown in cooperation. Micinski wades through the alphabet soup of agencies and programs as they fit his typology before describing the specific cases of Italy and Greece. He valiantly applies his categories to the messy reality of Italo- and Greco-EU implementations of refugee policies. While the two cases are quite distinct--with differing levels of state capacity and political willingness to take responsibility for the waves of refugees and asylum seekers--Micinski also gives readers glimpses of the North-South divide within the EU. Though scholars tend to be more familiar with the faults of Italian and especially Greek policies, Micinski shows some of the conniving of the EU's northern members. This is a useful book for those studying EU policy and politics as well as refugee policy. Summing Up: Recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty and professionals. --David Michael Schwam-Baird, emeritus, University of North Florida

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Nicholas R. Micinski is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Maine.