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Migration and Social Remittances in a Global Europe.

Av: Medverkande: Materialtyp: TextSerie: Utgivningsuppgift: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2017Datum för upphovsrätt: ©2016Utgåva: 1st edBeskrivning: 1 online resource (327 pages)Innehållstyp:
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  • 9781137601261
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Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1: Migration and Remittances in a Global Europe -- Development, Migration, and Beyond -- Transnationalism, Connectivity, and Beyond -- Movement, States, and Remittances -- Mutable Mobiles -- References -- Part I: Circulating Social Remittances Within Europe -- References -- 2: Reflexive Mediterranisation: Mobilities, Economies, and the Cultural Remittance of Imaginaries -- Cultural Flows, Post/Colonial Imaginaries, and the Cultural Productivity of Migration -- The Greek Mediterranean in the European Imagination -- Tourism and the Counter-Imagination of Western Modernity -- Migration and the Re-assessment of the Mediterranean Imaginary -- From the Southern Crossroads: The Cultural and Economic Productivity of Reflexive Mediterranisation -- References -- 3: An Inside-Out Approach to Social Remittances: Linking Migration and Social Change in Poland -- Introduction: In Search of a More Comprehensive Approach to Migration Influences on Social Transformation in Europe -- Polish Survey Evidence About Changing Values, Attitudes and Behaviour -- Interview Evidence About Social Remittances on a Local Level -- Literature on Receiving Countries as a Guide to Social-Remittance Research in Sending Countries -- Conclusions -- References -- 4: Structuring Social Remittances: Transnational Networks of Polish Migrants -- Introduction -- Social Remittances Seen From a Social-­Network Perspective -- Method, Data and Sample -- The Contents of Communication in Transnational Networks -- Structuring Social Remittances -- Homophily and Social Remittances -- Density and Social Remittances -- Conclusions -- References -- Part II: Social Remittances and Political Engagements -- References -- 5: The Emergence of a 'Diasporic Political Field': A Case for Political Remittances -- Introduction.
A 'Subdued' Understanding of Political Remittances -- Social Remittances -- Normative Structures -- Systems of Practice -- Social Capital -- Scaling Up and Scaling Out -- Looking at Social Remittances Through the Lens of Social Capital -- Political Remittances as a Derivative of Economic Remittances -- Political Remittances as a Consequence of Return Migration -- A Transnationalist Approach to Political Remittances -- The Need for a Separate Treatment of Political Remittances -- Transnationalism Versus Diasporic Relations -- Locating Political Remittances Within State-Diaspora Relations -- 'Political Diasporic Field' -- Conclusion -- References -- 6: A Conceptual and Empirical Critique of 'Social Remittances': Iraqi Kurdish Migrants Narrate Resistance -- Theoretical Approach -- Methods -- Remitted or Resisted? How Migrants Narrate the Responses of Non-Migrants -- The Aspiration to 'Politically Remit' -- The Ability to Politically Remit -- Conclusion -- References -- 7: Dersim Across Borders: Political Transmittances Between the Kurdish-­Turkish Province Tunceli and Europe -- Introduction -- Encountering Dersim Abroad: A History of Transnationalisation -- Representing Dersim: Belonging and Politics in Hometown Associations -- Commemorating Dersim: Claiming Recognition Across Borders -- Rescuing Dersim: Transnational Festivals and Panels Against National Dam Projects -- Political Transmittances: Scaling Up and Out -- Credits -- References -- Part III: Family Commitments, Gender Roles and Remittances -- References -- 8: Circulating Remittances: Cross-Border Negotiation of Family Values Among Thai Migrant Women and Their Dutch Husbands -- Introduction -- Research Methodology and Data Collection -- Perspectives on Remittances: Monetary and Socio-Cultural Dimensions -- Circulating Remittances: A Confrontation of Different Family Values.
The Intergenerational Relations of Bun-Khun Versus the Ideal of Altruistic Parental Love -- Khrop Khrua Versus Gezin -- Relations and Responsibilities Between Siblings -- The Differences in Welfare Provision -- Negotiating Remittances in a Cross-Cultural Family -- Negotiating Remittances in a Transnational Family -- Conclusions -- References -- 9: Transacting Care Transnationally: Remittances and Agency Within Global Care Chains -- Introduction -- Contextual Factors: Colonial Remnants in Care Regimes -- Structuring Agency Through Crisis-Ridden Laws and Regulations -- Methods -- Transacting and Remitting Care -- Maria -- Elena -- Blanca -- Dimensions of Care-as-Remittance -- Adapting to Circumstance: Gendered Degrees of Agency -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 10: Transnational Health Insurances as Social Remittances: The Case of Congolese Immigrants in Belgium -- Introduction -- Remittances and Health Care -- Transnational Health Insurance Schemes: A New Strategy for Congolese Immigrants Responding to the Health Care Needs of Relatives in their Home Country -- The Belgium-DR Congo Health Context -- Creation and Operation of Solidarco -- Limits of THIs -- Conclusion: THIs and the Study of Social Remittances -- Individual and Household Characteristics -- Community Dynamics -- Migration History -- Type of Welfare State -- Homeland Engagement -- References -- Part IV: Social Remittances and Social Transformations -- References -- 11: The Politics of Remittances: Implications for Development -- Migration and Development Policies in Algeria, Morocco and India -- The Micro-Politics of Transnationalism -- A Communicative Approach to Transnationalism -- Ambivalent Migration, Ambivalent Transnationalism -- Remittances: A Communicational Medium Between Migrants and Non-Migrants -- Family Remittances -- The House -- Productive Investments.
Collective Remittances -- Conclusion: From Material to Political Remittances -- References -- 12: The Circulation of Transnational Islamic Charity -- Introduction -- Conceptualising Intended and Unintended Social Change Transnationally -- Researching Multi-Directional Exchanges of Social Remittances -- Negotiating Social Transformations Through Islamic Charity -- 'Education for All' -- Women's Solidarities -- The Socially Transformative Potential of Transnational Islamic Charity -- References -- 13: Skilled Indians in Europe: Knowledge Transfer and Social Impact -- Introduction -- Recent Evolution of the Views on Skilled Migration and Its Effects -- Characteristics of Indian Skilled Migration -- Research on Skilled Indians in Europe and Returnees in India -- Factors Influencing Development Aspirations -- Transnational Practices and Channels of Engagement -- Impact on Individuals' Position in Society and Their Influence on People -- Conclusions and Implications -- References -- Afterword: Reflections on  Migration Studies -- References -- Index.
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Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1: Migration and Remittances in a Global Europe -- Development, Migration, and Beyond -- Transnationalism, Connectivity, and Beyond -- Movement, States, and Remittances -- Mutable Mobiles -- References -- Part I: Circulating Social Remittances Within Europe -- References -- 2: Reflexive Mediterranisation: Mobilities, Economies, and the Cultural Remittance of Imaginaries -- Cultural Flows, Post/Colonial Imaginaries, and the Cultural Productivity of Migration -- The Greek Mediterranean in the European Imagination -- Tourism and the Counter-Imagination of Western Modernity -- Migration and the Re-assessment of the Mediterranean Imaginary -- From the Southern Crossroads: The Cultural and Economic Productivity of Reflexive Mediterranisation -- References -- 3: An Inside-Out Approach to Social Remittances: Linking Migration and Social Change in Poland -- Introduction: In Search of a More Comprehensive Approach to Migration Influences on Social Transformation in Europe -- Polish Survey Evidence About Changing Values, Attitudes and Behaviour -- Interview Evidence About Social Remittances on a Local Level -- Literature on Receiving Countries as a Guide to Social-Remittance Research in Sending Countries -- Conclusions -- References -- 4: Structuring Social Remittances: Transnational Networks of Polish Migrants -- Introduction -- Social Remittances Seen From a Social-­Network Perspective -- Method, Data and Sample -- The Contents of Communication in Transnational Networks -- Structuring Social Remittances -- Homophily and Social Remittances -- Density and Social Remittances -- Conclusions -- References -- Part II: Social Remittances and Political Engagements -- References -- 5: The Emergence of a 'Diasporic Political Field': A Case for Political Remittances -- Introduction.

A 'Subdued' Understanding of Political Remittances -- Social Remittances -- Normative Structures -- Systems of Practice -- Social Capital -- Scaling Up and Scaling Out -- Looking at Social Remittances Through the Lens of Social Capital -- Political Remittances as a Derivative of Economic Remittances -- Political Remittances as a Consequence of Return Migration -- A Transnationalist Approach to Political Remittances -- The Need for a Separate Treatment of Political Remittances -- Transnationalism Versus Diasporic Relations -- Locating Political Remittances Within State-Diaspora Relations -- 'Political Diasporic Field' -- Conclusion -- References -- 6: A Conceptual and Empirical Critique of 'Social Remittances': Iraqi Kurdish Migrants Narrate Resistance -- Theoretical Approach -- Methods -- Remitted or Resisted? How Migrants Narrate the Responses of Non-Migrants -- The Aspiration to 'Politically Remit' -- The Ability to Politically Remit -- Conclusion -- References -- 7: Dersim Across Borders: Political Transmittances Between the Kurdish-­Turkish Province Tunceli and Europe -- Introduction -- Encountering Dersim Abroad: A History of Transnationalisation -- Representing Dersim: Belonging and Politics in Hometown Associations -- Commemorating Dersim: Claiming Recognition Across Borders -- Rescuing Dersim: Transnational Festivals and Panels Against National Dam Projects -- Political Transmittances: Scaling Up and Out -- Credits -- References -- Part III: Family Commitments, Gender Roles and Remittances -- References -- 8: Circulating Remittances: Cross-Border Negotiation of Family Values Among Thai Migrant Women and Their Dutch Husbands -- Introduction -- Research Methodology and Data Collection -- Perspectives on Remittances: Monetary and Socio-Cultural Dimensions -- Circulating Remittances: A Confrontation of Different Family Values.

The Intergenerational Relations of Bun-Khun Versus the Ideal of Altruistic Parental Love -- Khrop Khrua Versus Gezin -- Relations and Responsibilities Between Siblings -- The Differences in Welfare Provision -- Negotiating Remittances in a Cross-Cultural Family -- Negotiating Remittances in a Transnational Family -- Conclusions -- References -- 9: Transacting Care Transnationally: Remittances and Agency Within Global Care Chains -- Introduction -- Contextual Factors: Colonial Remnants in Care Regimes -- Structuring Agency Through Crisis-Ridden Laws and Regulations -- Methods -- Transacting and Remitting Care -- Maria -- Elena -- Blanca -- Dimensions of Care-as-Remittance -- Adapting to Circumstance: Gendered Degrees of Agency -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 10: Transnational Health Insurances as Social Remittances: The Case of Congolese Immigrants in Belgium -- Introduction -- Remittances and Health Care -- Transnational Health Insurance Schemes: A New Strategy for Congolese Immigrants Responding to the Health Care Needs of Relatives in their Home Country -- The Belgium-DR Congo Health Context -- Creation and Operation of Solidarco -- Limits of THIs -- Conclusion: THIs and the Study of Social Remittances -- Individual and Household Characteristics -- Community Dynamics -- Migration History -- Type of Welfare State -- Homeland Engagement -- References -- Part IV: Social Remittances and Social Transformations -- References -- 11: The Politics of Remittances: Implications for Development -- Migration and Development Policies in Algeria, Morocco and India -- The Micro-Politics of Transnationalism -- A Communicative Approach to Transnationalism -- Ambivalent Migration, Ambivalent Transnationalism -- Remittances: A Communicational Medium Between Migrants and Non-Migrants -- Family Remittances -- The House -- Productive Investments.

Collective Remittances -- Conclusion: From Material to Political Remittances -- References -- 12: The Circulation of Transnational Islamic Charity -- Introduction -- Conceptualising Intended and Unintended Social Change Transnationally -- Researching Multi-Directional Exchanges of Social Remittances -- Negotiating Social Transformations Through Islamic Charity -- 'Education for All' -- Women's Solidarities -- The Socially Transformative Potential of Transnational Islamic Charity -- References -- 13: Skilled Indians in Europe: Knowledge Transfer and Social Impact -- Introduction -- Recent Evolution of the Views on Skilled Migration and Its Effects -- Characteristics of Indian Skilled Migration -- Research on Skilled Indians in Europe and Returnees in India -- Factors Influencing Development Aspirations -- Transnational Practices and Channels of Engagement -- Impact on Individuals' Position in Society and Their Influence on People -- Conclusions and Implications -- References -- Afterword: Reflections on  Migration Studies -- References -- Index.

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