Rethinking migration and return in Southeastern Europe : Albanian mobilities to and from Italy and Greece / Eda Gemi and Anna Triandafyllidou.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gemi, Eda, author.

Triandafyllidou, Anna, author.

Series:

Routledge research on the global politics of migration

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Return migration--Albania.

Return migration.

Emigration and immigration.

Albania--Emigration and immigration.

Albania.

Italy--Emigration and immigration.

Italy.

Greece--Emigration and immigration.

Greece.

Physical Description:

vii, 147 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.

Summary:

"This book provides an important new analytical framework for making sense of return, remigration and circular mobility, conceptualising them as different phases of a wider migration process. Using an in-depth case study of Albania and its two main destination countries, Italy and Greece, the book demonstrates that instead of being viewed as a linear path between origin and destination, migration should be seen as a segmented, or cyclical pattern that may involve several localities and more than two countries. Characterised by important previous historical, social, economic and political linkages, geographical proximity but also high migration volatility and sustained flows in either directions, Albanian migration to Italy and Greece offers an optimal case study for analysing complex return, reintegration and mobility processes. While interesting as a unique regional migration system, the lessons learned cast light on important migration and mobility dynamics that are relevant for labour migration in Europe, also from other important migrant origin countries in the EU's neighbourhood such as for instance Morocco or the Ukraine. This rich theoretical and empirical study will be of interest to researchers within European Studies and Migration Studies, as well as providing a useful contribution to policy debates on how to govern return migration, reintegration and circular migration"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Rethinking Return, Reintegration, And Mobility In Southeastern Europe

2. Setting The Analytical Framework: Reconceptualizing Return, Reintegration, And Mobility

3. Return Mobilities Of First-Generation Albanians: Reconciling The Rupture Of Disintegration And Negotiating The Future

4. Return Mobilities Of The Second Generation: Between Disintegration And Hybrid Identities

5. A Typology Of Return, Reintegration, And Onward Mobility.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Gemi, Eda, Rethinking migration and return in Southeastern Europe

ISBN:

9780367361785

0367361787

OCLC:

1202444390