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24 Eur. J. Soc. Sec. 3 (2022)

handle is hein.journals/eujsocse24 and id is 1 raw text is: Article EJSS European Journal of Social Security 2022, Vol. 24(1) 3-20 Regulating the Poor through ©TheAuthor(s)2021 Internal Borders: The EU in Article reuse guidelines: sagepub.com/journals-permissions Historical and International DOI:10.1177/13882627211064637 journals.sagepub.com/home/ejs Perspectives *SAGE Martin Seeleib-Kaiser Institute of Political Science, University of Tibingen, Germany Abstract Tensions surrounding internal migrants' access to welfare and the associated politicisations about who should shoulder the 'fiscal burden' are not unique to the European Union (EU). Based on a Most Different Systems Design and following an institutionalist approach, this article analyses the developments associated with freedom of movement and access to poor relief/ social assistance in four economically and politically diverse jurisdictions. It also considers the implications of these developments for the EU. The four cases analysed are industrialising England, contemporary China, Germany, and the United States. Although economic integration was a necessary, it was not a sufficient condition for the abolishment of residence requirements for internal migrants in all four jurisdictions. Moreover, it took political power, various coali- tions, or the leadership of actors to overcome the barriers and hurdles on the path to social citizenship in the wider territorial jurisdictions. Solidarity as a precondition did not play a signif- icant role. Keywords China, England, EU, freedom of movement, Germany, social citizenship, social rights, USA Introduction Increased migration and mobility within the European Union (EU) have led to a politicisation of freedom of movement and highly contested debates about 'unreasonable burdens' caused by 'welfare tourism' (Roos, 2019; Verschueren, 2014). EU citizens have the right to freedom of move- ment and to take up residence in any Member State; but this right to residence does not Corresponding author: Martin Seeleib-Kaiser, Institute of Political Science, University of Tubingen, Germany. E-mail: martin.seeleib-kaiser@uni-tuebingen.de