Social Transformation and Migration [electronic resource] : National and Local Experiences in South Korea, Turkey, Mexico and Australia /
Castles, S.editor.
Ozkul, D.editor.
Cubas, M.editor.
This book examines theories and specific experiences of international migration and social transformation, with special reference to the effects of neo-liberal globalization on four societies with vastly different historical and cultural characteristics: South Korea, Australia, Turkey and Mexico.
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Cover; Social Transformation and Migration; Contents; List of Figures and Maps; Figures; Maps; List of Tables; Preface; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; 1: International Human Mobility: Key Issues and Challenges to Social Theory; Introduction; Theoretical framework: social transformation and migration; Polanyi's 'Great Transformation' as a starting point; Reworking social transformation theory to analyz eneoliberal globalization; Social transformation and international migration; Theoretical and methodological principles
1 Migration is not a result of social transformation, nor a cause of it, but an integralpart of transformation processes2 It is misguided to try to separate migration studies from broader social theory; 3 Migratory processes are shaped both by macro-social structures and by the actions and perceptions of affected populations, both migrants and non-migrants; 4 Global forces are mediated through national cultural patterns and historical experience; 5 The effects of global changes are always experienced locally
6 There is no single correct way of analyzing globalization. Global, national and local dimensions are connected in complex and non-linear waysNotes; References; Part I: Methodological Challenges; 2: Towards aMulti-scalar Methodology: The Challenges of Studying Social Transformation and International Migration; Introduction; The STIM project; Multi-scalar approaches to migration; Multi-scalar methodologies; Multi-scalar methods?; Quantitative and qualitative sources; Scaling participation; Participant observation and visual data; Extending multi-scalar research as an analytical tool
Conclusion: a middle-range framework?Notes; References; 3: The Virtues and Challenges of Comparative Analyses of Immigration, Migrant Settlement and Transnationalism; Introduction; Comparative approaches to migration research: the benefits; Comparative analyses in action: divergent comparisons within Australia and between Australia and Canada; Transnationalism and belonging: Chinese-Australians in Sydney and Brisbane compared; Transnational links: Sydney and Vancouver compared; Immigrants welcome: comparing attitudes to immigration in Vancouver and Sydney
The challenges of comparative researchReferences; 4: The Temporalities of International Migration: Implications for Ethnographic Research; Introduction; Unpacking time, migration and methodology in the contemporary context; Conceptualizing heterogeneous migrant temporalities: time tracks and timescales; Time and the construction of research subjects; Bringing in macro and meso timescales; Practising ethnography under a temporal frame; Capturing time tracks and timescales through traditional ethnographic methods
Engaging with the textual, the visual and the virtual through ethnographic self-documentation
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
This book examines theories and specific experiences of international migration and social transformation, with special reference to the effects of neo-liberal globalization on four societies with vastly different historical and cultural characteristics: South Korea, Australia, Turkey and Mexico.
Emigration and immigration.
Sociology.
Globalization.
Migration.
Sociology, general.
Globalization.