Migrants as Agents of Change
Social Remittances in an Enlarged European Union
Published on 16. November 2016
Book
Hardback
XV, 249 pages
978-1-137-59065-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book offers a unique and innovative way of looking at the paradoxical consequences of human mobility. Based on a three-year transnational multi-sited longitudinal research project, it demonstrates that not all migrants acquire, transfer and implement social remittances in the same way. Whilst the circulation of ideas, norms and practices is an important aspect of modernity, acts of resistance, imitation and innovation mean that whilst some migrants become ordinary agents of social change in their local microcosms, others may contest that change. By putting this individual agency centre stage, the authors trace how social remittances are evolving, and the ambiguous impact that they have on society. This thought-provoking work will appeal to students and scholars of sociology, geography and anthropology.
Reviews / Votes
"Migrants As Agents of Change makes a significant contribution to the existing theoretical, methodological and empirical literature on social remittances. . this is a very imaginative and scholarly book, which makes a substantial theoretical and empirical contribution to existing migration scholarship, and deserves to be widely read." (Anne White, Central and Eastern European Migration Review, Vol. 5 (2), 2016)More details
Series
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
7 s/w Abbildungen
XV, 249 p. 7 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
463 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-137-59065-7 (9781137590657)
DOI
10.1057/978-1-137-59066-4
Schweitzer Classification
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Izabela Grabowska | Michal P. Garapich | Ewa Jazwinska
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Social Remittances in an Enlarged European Union
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Migrants as Agents of Change
Social Remittances in an Enlarged European Union
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Persons
Izabela Grabowska is Professor at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poland, and International Research Coordinator at the Centre of Migration Research, University of Warsaw, Poland.
Michal P. Garapich is Senior lecturer at University of Roehampton, UK.
Ewa Jazwinska is Methodological Coordinator at the Centre of Migration Research, University of Warsaw, Poland.
Agnieszka Radziwinowicz is a PhD Candidate at the Institute of Sociology and the Centre of Migration Research, University of Warsaw, Poland.
Michal P. Garapich is Senior lecturer at University of Roehampton, UK.
Ewa Jazwinska is Methodological Coordinator at the Centre of Migration Research, University of Warsaw, Poland.
Agnieszka Radziwinowicz is a PhD Candidate at the Institute of Sociology and the Centre of Migration Research, University of Warsaw, Poland.
Content
Introduction: Social remittances and "hand-made" change by migrants.- Chapter 1. Process of transfer of social remittances in the European Union.- Chapter 2. Transnational multisited qualitative longitudinal research in investigating social remittances and change.- Chapter 3. Researched communities in Poland and in the UK: Transnational spaces of diffusion and social remittances.- Chapter 4. Observing, acquiring, resisting: Migrants' agency in the web of social remittances.- Chapter 5. Collective outcomes of social remittances- reactions of local communities: Acceptance and Resistance.- Chapter 6. Migrants as agents of micro social changes.- Conclusions.