International Migration, Social Demotion, and Imagined Advancement An Ethnography of Socioglobal Mobility /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Pajo, Erind (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Θέματα: Social sciences.; Labor economics.; Anthropology.; Sociology.; Emigration and immigration.; Social Sciences.; Migration.; Sociology, general.; Labor Economics.

Contemporary migration involves a dramatic paradox. Although much of what is considered international or transnational migration today transforms people of a wide range of social standings in the emigration countries into laborers at the bottom social and economic ranks of the immigration countries,...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• International Migration as Socioglobal Mobility
• A Preliminary Portrait of the Albanian Emigration
• Ethnography and the Discursive Scape
• Portrait of Lumturi F., High School Teacher, Domestic Cleaner, Kitchen Help, Maid
• Greece Is Better than Albania
• Portrait of Petraq Z., Research Scientist, Plumber’s Aide, Maker of Icon Frames, Champion of Capitalism
• Sufferings of the Soul
• Portrait of Fatmir R., High School Principal, Democrat, Janitor, Maintenance Technician, Contemporary Citizen
• The Economic Disadvantages of Emigration
• Portrait of Llambi S., Math Teacher, Member of~Albania’s Party of Labor, Olive Plucker, Construction Helper, Lottery Peddler, Café Proprietor
• Why Emigrants Do Not Return to Albania
• Portrait of Drita H., Chemical Engineer, Domestic Cleaner, Moviegoer, Balletomane
• The World According to the Emigrants
• Portrait of Ilir, Known As Panajotis, Embassy Child, Ex-Politically Persecuted, Internment Farm Worker, Baker’s Aide, Specialist of Floors, Would-be Rebuilder of the World Trade Center
• The Logic and the Experience of Emigration
• Portrait of Genci K., Student, Waiter
• Socioglobal Articulations and Imaginaries.