Migration, social identities and regionalism within the Caribbean community : voice of Caribbean people / Oral I. Robinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robinson, Oral I., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Regionalism--Caribbean Area.

Regionalism.

National characteristics, Caribbean.

Emigration and immigration.

Caribbean Area--Emigration and immigration.

Caribbean Area.

Physical Description:

xxii, 196 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Understanding Caribbean Societies Historically, Theoretically and Methodologically

1. Introduction: The Caribbean Community (CARICOM)

Integration, Intra-Regional Migration and Identities

1.1. Regional Integration: Rationales for Deepening and Widening

1.2. A Brief History of Integration in the Caribbean

1.3. Deepening and Intra-Regional Migration

1.4. Deepening of Integration and the Question of a Collective Identity

1.5. The Current State of Free Movement of Labour in CARICOM

1.6. "Implementation Deficit" and Disillusionment with Integration

1.7. Identities in Global Contexts

1.8. Model of Caribbean Societies and the Question of a Caribbean Identity

1.9. Migration, Social Identities and Regionalism in the Caribbean

References

2. A Concise Migration History of the Caribbean Community

2.1. History of Infra-regional Migration in CARICOM Countries

2.2. Precolonial Pan-Caribbean Migration (Pre-1492)

2.3. European Arrival, Colonization, Slavery and Intra-Regional Migration (1492-1830)

2.4. Intra-Caribbean Migration: Post-Emancipation and Indenturesbip (1830-1920)

2.5. Contemporary Intra-Regional Migration (1920 to Present)

2.6. Post-Independence Intra-Caribbean Migration

2.7. Intra-Regional Migration Today

2.8. The CSME and Intra-CARICOM Migration

2.9. Census Data in Select CARICOM Countries

2.10. Intra-Caribbean Migration in Practice and Regional Discourses

2.11. Conclusion: Continuities in Intra-Regional Migration

3. Theorizing Migration and Identities

3.1. Identities: A Conceptual Overview

3.2. Perspectives on Social Identities

3.3. Supranational Identities: Situating CARICOM as the Bases of a Regional Identity

3.4. Migration and Identities

3.5. The Caribbean Identity: Intrinsic, Socially Constructed or Fictive?

4. Towards an Online Methodology for Overcoming Cross-National Challenges in Social Research

4.1. Introduction

4.2. Issues in Cross-National Migration Research in the Caribbean

4.3. `Towards a Methodology for Intra-CARICOM Migration Research

4.4. Multi-Methods Online Design

4.5. Ethical Consideration

4.6. Recruitment of Participants

4.7. Surveying Cross-National Participants Online

4.8. Interviewing Cross-National Participants

4.9. Characteristics of the Sample

4.10. Analysis

4.11. Limitations

4.12. Conclusion

pt. II The Bases of Social Identities in the Caribbean

5. Caribbean Identity: Myth or Fact?

5.1. Approaches to Studying Identities

5.2. Intra-CARICOM Migrants' Identity Perceptions

5.3. Determinants of Attachments to CARICOM

5.4. Summary and Future Directions

6. Meaning and Drivers of the CARICOM Identity

6.1. Introduction

6.2. Socialization and Shared Meanings of a Regional Identity

6.3. Meanings and Attachments to CARICOM

6.4. Pragmatic Interests and Attachment to CARICOM

6.5. Making Sense of Meanings and Perceptions of Benefits Gained

6.6. Regional Identity as a Cost

6.7. Discussion and Conclusion

7. Regionalism and the CARICOM Identity

7.1. Integration Attitudes

7.2. Dimensions of Integration Attitudes

7.3. Findings

7.4. Qualitative Explanations of Attitudes Towards Integration

7.5. Conclusion

pt. III Migration, Citizenship and Identities

8. Migration and Attachments to CARICOM

8.1. Introduction

8.2. Effects of Migration on Identities

8.3. Effects of Migration on Personal Identities

8.4. Migration Destination and Attachments to CARICOM

8.5. Effects of Intra-Regional Migratory Experiences on Identities

8.6. Qualitative Explanations of Migration Effects: Stronger Attachments

8.7. Unchanged and Mixed A ttachments to CA RICOM Explained

8.8. Explaining Weakened Attachments to CARICOM

8.9. Summary and Conclusion

9. Lived Experiences and Attachments to CARICOM

9.1. Introduction

9.2. Perceptions of Lived Experiences

9.3. Lived Experiences, Belonging and Identity

9.4. Qualitative Explanations: Intra-Regional Migrants' Negative Experiences

9.5. The Benefits of Positive Experiences

9.6. Summary and Conclusion

10. Conclusions: Reconciling Practice, Policy and Theory in Caribbean Migration

10.1. The Role of Agency, Structures and Institutions in the Making of a CARICOM Identity

10.2. Effect of Migration on Attachments to CARICOM

10.3. Reconciling Practice, Policy and Theory in CARICOM Migration

10.4. Limitations and Agenda for Future Research

References.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3030477444

9783030477448

OCLC:

1150998903