The New Albanian Migration

Author : Russell King,Nicola Mai,Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781837641932

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The New Albanian Migration by Russell King,Nicola Mai,Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers Pdf

This is the first major book on Albanian migration, the most significant East-West migration since the collapse of the Soviet bloc. Prevented from leaving their country for over 45 years, the citizens of the Republic of Albania emigrated en masse during the 1990s and the exodus continues. According to the 2001 census, one in five Albanians was a migrant living abroad, mainly in Greece and Italy but also, and increasingly, in a range of other European countries and in North America. The volume offers a comprehensive and integrated understanding of Albanian migration, addressing its temporal and spatial dynamics, its diversity of types and destinations, and the implications of the migration for Albanian society and economic development. Its contributors comprise key researchers on Albanian migration from around the world. The book reflects the wide diversity of disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches deployed by researchers studying this phenomenon.

Author : Russell King,Nicola Mai
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1845455444

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Out of Albania by Russell King,Nicola Mai Pdf

Analysing the post-1990 Albanian migration to Italy, this text is a study of one of Europe's newest, most dramatic yet least understood migrations. It explores the dynamics of this migration and takes a look at migrants' employment, housing and social exclusion in the country, as well as the process of return migration to Albania.

Author : Eda Gemi,Anna Triandafyllidou
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000375671

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Rethinking Migration and Return in Southeastern Europe by Eda Gemi,Anna Triandafyllidou Pdf

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. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780429344343, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Author : Julie Vullnetari
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789089643551

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Albania on the Move by Julie Vullnetari Pdf

"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.

Author : Erind Pajo
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2007-10-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780387719535

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International Migration, Social Demotion, and Imagined Advancement by Erind Pajo Pdf

This book represents one of the first studies to look at the negative results of migration. Based on an ethnographic study focusing on Albanian migrants in Greece and Italy, the book discusses the reasons people leave their homeland for a "better life" - especially if that does not happen. It finds that imaginaries of the world as a social hierarchy might lie at the root of much of the contemporary international migration.

Author : R. King,G. Lazaridis,C. Tsardanidis
Publisher : Springer
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1999-10-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780333982525

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Eldorado or Fortress? Migration in Southern Europe by R. King,G. Lazaridis,C. Tsardanidis Pdf

As Europe struggles to control immigration, the EU's southern flank is perceived as the weak flank of 'Fortress Europe'. This book examines the many facets of Southern Europe's new immigration: the diverse roles played by immigrants in the labour market, issues of social exclusion and wider strategic concerns of security and geopolitics.

Author : Zana Vathi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319130248

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Migrating and Settling in a Mobile World by Zana Vathi Pdf

This open access book draws on award-winning cross-generational research comparing the complex and life-changing processes of settlement among Albanian migrants and their adolescent children in three European cities: London (UK), Thessaloniki (Greece), and Florence (Italy). Building on key concepts from the social sciences and migration studies, such as identity, integration and transnationalism, the author links these with emerging theoretical notions, such as mobility, translocality and cosmopolitanism. Ethnic identities, transnational ties and integration pathways of the youngsters and adults are compared, focusing on intergenerational transmission in particular and recognizing mobility as an inherent characteristic of contemporary lives. Departing from the traditional focus on the adult children of settled migrants and the main immigration countries of continental North-Western Europe, this study centres on Southern Europe and Great Britain and a very recently settled immigrant group. The result is an illuminating early look at a second generation “in-the-making”. Indeed, the findings provide ample grounds for pragmatic and forward-looking policy to enable these migrant-origin youngsters, and others like them, to more fully attain their potential. The book ends with a call to reassess the term “second generation” as it is currently used in policy and scholarly works. Children of migrants seldom see themselves as a particular and homogeneous group with ethnicity as an intrinsic identifying quality. More importantly, they make use of all the limited resources at their disposal, and view their integration processes through broader geographies – showing sometimes a cosmopolitan orientation, but also using localized reference points, such as the school, city, or urban neighbourhood.

Author : Ermira Danaj
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030920920

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Women, Migration and Gendered Experiences by Ermira Danaj Pdf

This open access book focuses on Albanian internal and international female migration and places gender at the heart of postsocialist transformation. It explores the vulnerabilities that arise for female citizens from the contradictory policies produced by the Albanian state. By illuminating the intersection of gender and migration, it shows how Albanian women are likely to embed themselves in complex social relations and migration trajectories. By focusing on various cases – internal, international, return, economic and student female migrants – the book underlines that migration does not follow any kind of evolutionary development, according to which women go from 'traditional’ to ‘modern' gender relations. By providing a compelling account on the complex negotiations and tactics women employ to deal with gender inequalities, this book leads to a better understanding of gender and migration entanglements. It is a useful read to students, academics in migration and gender studies as well as social scientists and policy-makers in European countries.

Author : Ninna Nyberg Sørensen,Nicholas Van Hear,United Nations
Publisher : International Org. for Migration
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105112960864

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The Migration-development Nexus by Ninna Nyberg Sørensen,Nicholas Van Hear,United Nations Pdf

Includes statistics.

Author : Nevila Konica,Randall Keith Filer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 23 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Albania
ISBN : 8073430142

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Albanian Emigration by Nevila Konica,Randall Keith Filer Pdf

Author : Pierre Sintès
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781786948496

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Chasing the Past by Pierre Sintès Pdf

This book aims to provide an original perspective on the changes that Greece has undergone in recent decades, by examining questions related to border disputes and migration, minority issues and national inclusion, and their effect in reinforcing discourses of glorification of the past and tradition on the fringes of Greek territory.

Author : Hans Vermeulen,Martin Baldwin-Edwards,Riki van van Boeschoten
Publisher : Springer
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319137193

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Migration in the Southern Balkans by Hans Vermeulen,Martin Baldwin-Edwards,Riki van van Boeschoten Pdf

This open access book collects ten essays that look at intra-regional migration in the Southern Balkans from the late Ottoman period to the present. It examines forced as well as voluntary migrations and places these movements within their historical context, including ethnic cleansing, population exchanges, and demographic engineering in the service of nation-building as well as more recent labor migration due to globalization. Inside, readers will find the work of international experts that cuts across national and disciplinary lines. This cross-cultural, comparative approach fully captures the complexity of this highly fractured, yet interconnected, region. Coverage explores the role of population exchanges in the process of nation-building and irredentist policies in interwar Bulgaria, the story of Thracian refugees and their organizations in Bulgaria, the changing waves of migration from the Balkans to Turkey, Albanian immigrants in Greece, and the diminished importance of ethnic migration after the 1990s. In addition, the collection looks at such under-researched aspects of migration as memory, gender, and religion. The field of migration studies in the Southern Balkans is still fragmented along national and disciplinary lines. Moreover, the study of forced and voluntary migrations is often separate with few interconnections. The essays collected in this book bring these different traditions together. This complete portrait will help readers gain deep insight and better understanding into the diverse migration flows and intercultural exchanges that have occurred in the Southern Balkans in the last two centuries.

Author : Russell King,Julie Vullnetari
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011-07-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780857720474

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Remittances, Gender and Development by Russell King,Julie Vullnetari Pdf

Migration in the modern world, rather than being seen as a symptom or result of underdevelopment, is now understood more as a route towards development and a strategy for alleviating poverty. This study of Albania is particularly significant in this new debate on migration and development as, since the fall of communism, remittances have been a major supporter of the Albanian economy, sustaining many Albanian families, especially in rural areas. The authors thus focus on the socio-cultural context of remittances, and explore how gender emerges as a powerful facet in the processes of development. It will therefore be of interest to scholars and students in Migration Studies, Development Studies, Gender Studies, Geography and Anthropology, as well as offering vital analysis for policy-makers, donors and civil society activists engaged in development planning and migration management.

Author : Talip Kilic
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Investigating Back Home: Return Migration and Business Ownership in Albania by Talip Kilic Pdf

Author : Eckehard Pistrick
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781351554596

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Performing Nostalgia: Migration Culture and Creativity in South Albania by Eckehard Pistrick Pdf

Migration studies is an area of increasing significance in musicology as in other disciplines. How do migrants express and imagine themselves through musical practice? How does music help them to construct social imaginaries and to cope with longings and belongings? In this study of migration music in postsocialist Albania, Eckehard Pistrick identifies links between sound, space, emotionality and mobility in performance, provides new insights into the controversial relationship between sound and migration, and sheds light on the cultural effects of migration processes. Central to Pistrick‘s approach is the essential role of emotionality for musical creativity which is highlighted throughout the volume: pain and longing are discussed not as a traumatising end point, but as a driving force for human action and as a source for cultural creativity. In addition, the study provides a fascinating overview about the current state of a rarely documented vocal tradition in Europe that is a part of the mosaic of Mediterranean singing traditions. It refers to the challenges imposed onto this practice by heritage politics, the dynamics of retraditionalisation and musical globalisation. In this sense the book constitutes an important study to the dynamics of postsocialism as seen from a musicological perspective.