Albania on the move : links between internal and international migration / Julie Vullnetari.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vullnetari, Julie.

Series:

IMISCOE research

IMISCOE Research

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration.

Albania--Emigration and immigration.

Albania.

Physical Description:

275 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2012]

Summary:

Dit boek is een academische en persoonlijke reis naar het postcommunistische Albanië om inzicht te krijgen in de relatie tussen de interne en internationale migratie en de invloed daarvan op maatschappelijke ontwikkelingen. De auteur volgt de trek van dorpelingen0naar steden in binnenland en buitenland. Door middel van diepte-interviews, groepsgesprekken en etnografische aantekeningen wordt hun leefomgeving in kaart gebracht. Vullnetari laat zien hoe de verwevenheid van beide migratievormen aanzienlijke invloed uitoefent op de levens van migranten, hun families, hun gemeenschap van herkomst en het land.

"This academic and personal journey into Albania's post-communist society examines the links between internal and international migration in one of Europe's poorest countries. The author follows rural migrants to urban destination both within Albania and in neighboring Greece. Their lives and experiences are captured in 150 interviews, alongside group discussions and the ethnographic observations. This rich empirical material is analysed with reference to an extensive body of literature. The author's own experience as migrant and reflections as a researcher studying her own communities of origin add valuable insights. The result is a demonstration of the complexity of the links between internal and international migration, especially from a development perspective."--back cover.

Contents:

1 Introduction 15

1.1 Why link internal and international migration in development? 15

1.2 Albania: Some background notes 16

1.3 About the book 19

1.4 Methods and sites of data collection 20

1.5 Some ethical issues 32

1.6 Book outline 33

2 The migration-development nexus 35

2.1 Internal and international migration: Towards an integrated approach 35

2.2 Migration and development 44

2.3 Social fields: Linking internal and international migration 55

2.4 Conclusion 57

3 Albanian migration and development 59

3.1 Historical migration 59

3.2 Albania 1945-1990: An era of no migration? 62

3.3 'A new migration order': Contemporary migration in Albania 66

3.4 Trends and patterns of internal migration 89

3.5 Combined developmental effects of internal and international migration 95

3.6 Conclusion 104

4 Leaving home: Migration patterns and dynamics 107

4.1 General patterns and destinations 107

4.2 Differences between the two types of migration 119

4.3 Sequencing internal and international migration 133

4.4 Conclusion 141

5 Across the border: Migrants in Thessaloniki 145

5.1 Leaving Albania and arriving in Thessaloniki 145

5.2 Identity and survival, or strategies to 'fit in' 147

5.3 The nightmare of 'papers': The effect of ineffective immigration policy 150

5.4 Work and gendered labour markets 154

5.5 Housing and spatial location 157

5.6 Incorporation, assimilation and return: Between myth and reality 161

5.7 Conclusion 163

6 Family, migration and socio-economic change 165

6.1 The difference that money makes: Remittances 165

6.2 Social remittances or the wisdom of a traveller 177

6.3 T am a man and a woman', or the gendered household 183

6.4 Migration as a rite of passage for young men 186

6.5 Transnational family and care 189

6.6 Conclusion 193

7 Migration and Albania's dynamic transformation 195

7.1 The village, the city and the rural town 195

7.2 Albania's socio-economic polarisation revisited 221

7.3 Conclusion 230

8 Conclusions and recommendations 233

8.1 Dynamics of internal and international migration in development processes 233

8.2 Migration and development: The role of policy 237

8.3 Achievements and limitations of the study and future research 241.

Notes:

"This book derives from [the author's] doctoral thesis in migration studies while ... based at the Sussex Centre for Migration Research (SCMR) of the University if Sussex in the United Kingdom."--p. [13].

Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-275).

ISBN:

9789089643551

9089643559

9789048514939

9048514932

9789048516841

9048516846

OCLC:

748349673