Chapter 1. Migration and Social Transformation: Interdisciplinary Insights and European Perspectives: Anna Amelina Kenneth Horvath Bruno Meeus.- Section I: Theorising about Migration and Social Transformation in Europe: Introduction to Section I: Kenneth Horvath and Bruno Meeus.- Chapter 2. Understanding Global Migration: A Social Transformation Perspective: Stephen Castles.- Chapter 3. Theorizing About Change: The Promise of Comparative Political Economy for Migration Studies: Georg Menz.- Chapter 4. Turning to Grand Theory: Cultural Political Economy and the Regulation of Immigration: Nicolas Van Puymbroeck.- Chapter 5. Reflecting on Spatiality in European Migration Research: From Methodological Nationalism to Space-Sensitive Observations of Social Transformations: Elisabeth Scheibelhofer.- Chapter 6. Migration and Postsocialism: A Relational Geography Approach: Bruno Meeus.- Section II: Transformations in the Political Regulation of Migration: Introduction to Section II: Kenneth Horvath and Bruno Meeus.- Chapter 7. The Europeanisation of Immigration Policies: Leila Hadj-Abdou.- Chapter 8. New Guest Worker Regimes?: Michael Samers .- Chapter 9. Identity Check: Smart Borders and Migration Management as Touchstones for EU Readiness and EU Belonging: Martin Geiger.- Chapter 10. Border/Control: William Walters.- Chapter 11: Social Transformation, Subjectification, and Labour Migration: Theorizing the Heterogeneity of Migration Flows in the Current Italian Crisis: Gabriele Tomei.- Section III: Complexities of Mobilities: From One-Way Migration to Multiple Patterns: Introduction to Section III: Bruno Meeus and Kenneth Horvath .- Chapter 12. Cross-Border Commuting and Transformational Dynamics in Europe - What is the Link?: Laura Wiesbock, Christoph Reinprecht, Raimund Haindorfer, Roland Verwiebe.- Chapter 13. Portability of Social Protection in the European Union: A Transformation of National Welfare Systems?: Elaine Moriarty, James Wickham, Alicja Bobek and Sally Daly.- Chapter 14. International Retirement Migration: Transforming Societies Through Purchasing Power: Benno Herzog.-Chapter 15.International Students and Cosmopolitanisms: Educational Mobility in a Global Age: Basak Bilecen.- Chapter 16. `Good Motherhood' - a Dilemma for Migrant Women from Eastern Europe: Helma Lutz.- Section IV: Shifting Politics of Belonging: Introduction to Section III: Bruno Meeus and Kenneth Horvath.- Chapter 17. Struggles at the Boundaries of Neoliberal Citizenship. Theorizing Immigrant-led Movements in Contemporary Europe: Federico Oliveri.- Chapter 18. `Islamophobism' as an Ideology in the West: Scapegoating Muslim-Origin Migrants: Ayhan Kaya.- Chapter 19. `How Would You React if You Learned That Your Son Was Gay?'Racialised Sexualities and the Production of Migrant Others in Europe: Paul Scheibelhofer.- Chapter 20. Locating Migrant Pathways of Economic Emplacement: Thinking beyond the Ethnic Lens: Nina Glick Schiller and Ayse Caglar.- Chapter 21. Mediated Communication and Migration in Europe - A Contribution to the Ongoing Debate: Ricarda Drueke.- Section V: Outlook for Researching Migration and Social Transformation Beyond Eurocentrism: Chapter 22. The `European' Question: Migration, Race, and Postcoloniality in `Europe': Nicholas De Genova.