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Revisiting migrant networks : migrants and their descendants in labour markets
This open access book provides new conceptualisations on the networks of migrants and their descendants in accessing the labour market. Although references to social networks are common in discussions of migration, simplified ideas of co-ethnic networks often obscure the reality, for example confounding ties with co-ethnics and ‘strong ties’. This open access book addresses key questions ab…
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- 9783030949723
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- VIII, 236 p
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- 304.82 ELI r
European somalis' post-migration movements: mobility capital and the transnat…
Based on a qualitative study on migrants of Somali origin who have settled in Europe for at least a decade, this open access book offers a ground-breaking exploration of the idea of mobility, both empirically and theoretically. It draws a comprehensive typology of the varied “post-migration mobility practices” developed by these migrants from their country of residence after having settled …
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- 9783319956602
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- ix, 208p. :
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- 304.8 JOE e
Conviviality at the crossroads
Conviviality has lately become a catchword not only in academia but also among political activists. This open access book discusses conviviality in relation to the adjoining concepts cosmopolitanism and creolisation. The urgency of today’s global predicament is not only an argument for the revival of all three concepts, but also a reason to bring them into dialogue. Ivan Illich envisioned a p…
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- 1
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- 9783030289799
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- xi; 290 pg; ill.
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- The Poetics and Politics of Everyday Encounters
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- 306 CON c
Encoding race, encoding class : Indian IT workers in Berlin
In Encoding Race, Encoding Class Sareeta Amrute explores the work and private lives of highly skilled Indian IT coders in Berlin to reveal the oft-obscured realities of the embodied, raced, and classed nature of cognitive labor. In addition to conducting fieldwork and interviews in IT offices as well as analyzing political cartoons, advertisements, and reports on white-collar work, Amrute spent…
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- 9780822361176
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- ix, 280p.; ill.
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- 331.6254043155 ENC a
Diaspora, Food And Identity; Nigerian Migrants in Belgium
This book examines the connection between food and identity in the Nigerian diaspora community in Belgium. Encounters between people from different cultures do not lead to a simple adaptation of the diet, but usually give rise to some kind of fusion of new and indigenous food habits. The author questions the relationship between what Nigerian migrants in the diaspora eat, their self-perception …
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- 9782807602120
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Research Methodologies and Ethical Challenges in Digital Migration Studies
This OA book investigates the methodological and ethical dilemmas involved when working with digital technologies and large-scale datasets in relation to ethnographic studies of digital migration practices and trajectories. Digital technologies reshape not only every phase of the migration process itself (by providing new ways to access, to share and preserve relevant information) but also the …
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- 16
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- 9783030812263
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- xvi; 262p; ill.
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- 304.8 RES M
Introduction to Migration Studies : An Interactive Guide to the Literatures …
This open access textbook provides an introduction to theories, concepts and methodological approaches concerning various facets of migration and migration-related diversities. It starts with an introduction to migration studies and continues with an introductory reading of migration drivers, migration infrastructures, migration flows, and several transversal topics such as gender and migration…
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- 9783030923778
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- ix, 500 p.
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- 304.8 INT P
Women, Migration and Gendered Experiences : The Case of Post-1991 Albanian Mi…
This open access book focuses on Albanian internal and international female migration and places gender at the heart of postsocialist transformation. It explores the vulnerabilities that arise for female citizens from the contradictory policies produced by the Albanian state. By illuminating the intersection of gender and migration, it shows how Albanian women are likely to embed themselves in …
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- 9783030920920
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- x, 192 p.
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- 304.8094965 WOM E
Migration Between Mexico and the United States
This open access Regional Reader describes how Mexico - United States migration changed substantially during the first decade of the 21st Century. The book provides an in-depth analysis on the changes in the flows into and out of both countries, thus highlighting the issues arising from Mexico - US migration as well as addressing the large numbers of adults and children entering Mexico from the…
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- 1
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- 9783030778101
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- xxxiii; 233; ill.
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- 304.873 MIG A
Migrants' Rights, Populism and Legal Resilience in Europe
Bringing together scholars of migration and constitutional law, this volume analyses the problematic relationship between the rise of populism, restrictions of migrants' rights and democratic decay in Europe. By offering both constructive and critical accounts, it creates a nuanced debate on the possibilities for and limitations of legal resilience against populist erosion of migrants' rights. …
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- 9781009040396
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- xiii, 410 p
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- 342.4082 MIG V
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