European Youth and Geographical Mobility An Introduction -- New Perspectives on Youth and Migration Belonging, Cultural Repositioning and Social Mobility -- “Cosmopolitan” Portuguese Youth The World as Home after the Macao Migratory Experience -- Social Capital and Migration The Case of Polish Youth -- Temporary Youth Migration and European Identity -- Youth on the Move? Student Mobility and Immobility in Portugal and Northern Ireland -- Labour Market Integration of Young Migrants in Germany: A Regional Perspective -- Young Portuguese Researchers Abroad Preliminary Results of a Survey -- Recent Economic Performance and Changing Configurations of Workforce Mobility in Northwest Portugal: Social Consequences of Unemployment and the Rise of Youth Emigration -- Across Difference: Portuguese Muslim Youth as Portuguese Youth? -- The Future of Youth Mobility in Europe A Conclusion.

This book explores several important aspects of the geographical mobility of young people in Europe today. The contributors discuss important issues such as migration in work and study alongside consideration of the meanings of various forms of mobility: short-term and long-term stays, voyages related to finding employment and avoiding unemployment, moves between different European member states and sojourns elsewhere. A number of significant commonalities emerge out of the contributions from the diverse range of contributors: the salience of national and extra-national identities in transnational movements, the significance of family and peer networks in mediating migratory movements and the impact of broader factors upon mobility patterns, including regional and national economic performance. Added to this mix are the impacts of, and implications upon, national and European youth mobility policies and the practice of youth mobility.