Social Transformation and Migration : National and Local Experiences in South Korea, Turkey, Mexico and Australia / edited by S. Castles, D. Ozkul, M. Cubas.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Castles, S., Editor.

Ozkul, D., Editor.

Cubas, M., Editor.

Series:

Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship, 2662-2610

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration.

Sociology.

Globalization.

Human Migration.

Local Subjects:

Human Migration.

Sociology.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (342 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2015.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

ISBN:

9781349501694

1349501697

9781137474957

1137474955