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Bell, J. Migrants: keeping a foot in both worlds or losing the ground…
Bell, J. Migrants: keeping a foot in both worlds or losing the ground beneath them?
Frameworks
Transnational
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(p83) 'transnational theories emphasise the multiplicity of migrants' belongings (Basch et al 1994)'
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Interpretative
(p91) 'A move to a new social and physical setting is a challenging undertaking and stimulates social actors to actively and creatively interpret the unfamiliar situation'
Integration
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(p90) 'effort on the part of the migrants to become a part of the receiving society as well as the willingness of this society to embrace the individual'
Home relations
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(p84) 'The frequency of long-distance communication as well as the choice of relationships varied extensively among individual participants'
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Identity vs structure
(p82) debates about 'identity construction, reproduction and re-interpretation'
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(p90) 'uncoupling of identities, culture and existence trigger a 'double consiousness'
(p91) 'ongoing interplay between migrants' biographical continuation and adjustment to the new social milieu'
Globalisation
(p82) 'migrants are often perceived as actively constructing multi-stranded social relations that bring the two societies - of origin and settlement - together (Basch et al 1994)'
(p84) 'rapid increase in the volume of Polish migration' --> 'overnight development of the Polish migration industry'
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'enabled migrants to maintain frequent, affordable communication'
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the physical distance, despite all advantages of globalism is sometimes not enough for migrants to be able to have fulfilled lives in both worlds (critique of globalism)