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Remittances As Social Practices and Agents of Change : The Future of Transnational Society.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Meyer, Silke.
Other Authors: Ströhle, Claudius.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2023.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Notes on Contributors
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Chapter 1: Introduction: Theorizing Remittances - Social Positioning and the Making of Migrant Subjectivity
  • Transnationalism: A Society in the Making
  • What Are Remittances?
  • From Ways of Being and Belonging to Becoming: Remittance Scripts and Migrant Subjectivity
  • Ways of Being and Belonging: Remittance Scripts and Social Positioning
  • Becoming: Remittances and the Production of Migrant Subjectivity
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Part I: Historical Perspectives in Remittance Research
  • References
  • Chapter 2: Postcolonialism, Transnationalism, and Remittances: New Perspectives on "Guest Worker" Research in Austria
  • Introduction
  • When Austria Discovered Immigration
  • Remittances in Social Science Research of the 1970s
  • Reclaiming Postcolonial and Transnational Perspectives
  • Colonialism Without Colonies
  • Austria as a Migration Society
  • The Perpetuation of Racism in Migration Discourse
  • National Histories and Transnational Society
  • Who Tells the National History? Whose Voice Is Heard?
  • Provincializing Europe
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 3: "You Can't Have Your Pudding and Eat It"? Remittances and Development in Yugoslavia, 1918-1989
  • Introduction
  • Main Trends in Yugoslav Emigration
  • Repatriation Agenda
  • Influx of Remittances
  • Remittances on the Macro-Scale
  • Remittances on the Meso-Scale
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 4: "Money Can't Buy Me Love": Remittances, Return Migration, and Family Relations in Serbia (1960s-2000s)
  • Introduction
  • The Inflow of Migrant Remittances in (Post-)Socialist Serbia: An Overview
  • Social Status and the Rural/Urban Divide
  • The (In)Visibility of Remittances in Family Relationships.
  • The Transformation of Value Systems and the Impact of Class on Family Ties
  • Motherhood and Gender Roles
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 5: "Dear Brother, Please, Send Me Some More Dollars…": Transatlantic Migration and Historic Remittance Between the Habsburg Empire and the United States of America (1890-1930s)
  • Historic Remittance Practices
  • Migration Between the Habsburg Empire and the United States of America
  • Historic Return Migration
  • Transatlantic Communications and Sending Money Back Home
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 6: Standing Waves: Remittances as Social Glue in Neo-Diasporic Communities
  • Introduction: Diasporic Communities and Remittances
  • Theoretical Framework: Neo-Diaspora as a "Community of Standing Waves"
  • Methods and Context: A Multi-sited Approach and Historical Lens to Study Standing Waves Among Kfarsghabis
  • Standing Waves over Time: "We Continue to Enjoy a Bond that is as Strong Today as When our Families Lived through Great Migration Adventures" (FB_KL, 6 April 2014)
  • Remittance Money for Infrastructure: "Kfarsghab Will Become a Model Village" (AN, 1971/3, p. 16)
  • Knowledge, Medicine, and Sport: "Education in Lebanon is a Very Critical Tool" (AN, 1988/2, p. 31)
  • Humanitarian Aid: "To Help Our Brothers and Sisters Abroad" (FB_KDF, 25 August 2020)
  • Material Objects and Symbols: "Just Make a Left into Paramatta Road When You Get to Kfarsghab" (AN, 1996/1, p. 24)
  • Information and Collective Narratives: "News and Gossip of the Community at Large" (AN, 1999/1, p. 24)
  • Emotions: "Joy Shared is Joy Multiplied. Grief Shared is Grief Divided" (FB administrator, Sydney, 21 August 2015)
  • Visitors: "[A] Most Pleasant Holiday and Happy Reunion with their Relatives and Friends" (AN, 1972/2, p. 18)
  • Conclusion: Standing Waves as Social Glue in Neo-Diasporic Communities
  • References.
  • Part II: Migrants as Game Changers: Rethinking Collectivity and Agency of Remittances
  • References
  • Chapter 7: The Confluence of Remittances and Transnational Islamic Charity
  • Introduction
  • Approaching Remittances and Transnational Islamic Charity Analytically
  • Lived Religion and Islamic Charity
  • Remittance Scripts
  • Temporal Perspectives
  • Methods, Data, and Context
  • Remittances and/or Transnational Islamic Charity?
  • Sending Money Home: A Confluence of Motivations?
  • Remittance Scripts and Transnational Islamic Charity
  • Interrogating the Confluence
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 8: Remittances and the Destination State: A Comparison of Bangladeshi Migrants in Japan and the USA
  • Introduction
  • Earlier Approaches to the Role of the Destination State in Remittance Research
  • Encountering the Destination State
  • Methodology and the Two Fields of Research
  • The Destination State in Bangladeshi Migration to Japan and the USA
  • Japan
  • The USA
  • Remittance Decay in the Context of the Destination State
  • Japan: Temporary Migration without the Family and Remittances
  • The USA: Permanent Settlement, Family Unification, and Remittances
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 9: "We Do Solidarity, Not Charity": The Collective Remittance Practices of Moldovan Migrants
  • Introduction
  • Setting the Scene: The Theoretical and Geographical Terrain
  • On Channeling the Good Spirits: Migrants' Personal Migration Experiences as a Motivation for Collective Remitting
  • Belonging and Self-Representation
  • On Becoming a Person Again: Remittance Practices Shaped by Migrants' Professional Skills
  • National Historic Determinants and Core-Periphery Dynamics of the Home Nation
  • Overcoming the Soviet Past: Regaining Confidence Through Collective Remittance Practices.
  • Putting Moldova Center-Stage: (Re-)Connecting Moldova with Europe Through Collective Remittance Practices
  • "We Don't Do Charity […]. We Do Real Things": Migrants' Understanding of Development Practices in Relation to Mainstream Aid-Giving
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 10: Transformative Effects of Remittances on Health Behavior, Community Resilience, and Gender Dynamics in Burkina Faso
  • Introduction
  • Migration from Niaogho to Italy
  • Research Questions, Methods of Data Collection, and Theoretical Framework
  • Research Questions
  • Methods of Data Collection
  • Theoretical Framework: Remittances and Capital Theory
  • Remittances and Health at the Community Level
  • Development of Health Infrastructure in Niaogho
  • Trust, Health Practices, and Knowledge Transfer in Households With and Without a Connection to the Diaspora
  • Transformative Effects of Remittances on Community Resilience
  • Positive Effects of Remittances at the Household and Community Level
  • Negative Effects of Remittances at the Household and Community Level
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Part III: Theorizing Materiality in Remittance Research: Exchange, Embodiment, and Transformative Effects
  • References
  • Chapter 11: The Afterlife of Migrant Gifts
  • Thinking Through Things in Motion
  • The Biographies of Migrant Gifts
  • Theorizing the Gift as a Medium of Migrant Narratives
  • Experiencing the Other Land
  • Value Shift: The History of Turkish Labor Migration Through Things
  • Introducing the Industrial Exotic
  • Adoption of the Gift
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 12: Conceptualizing Remittance Affordances: Transformations of a Knife Across Borders
  • At the Kitchen Table
  • Introduction
  • Iron Manufacturing in the Stubai Valley: A History of Cross-Border Migration
  • The Guest Worker Regime from the Perspectives of Austria and Turkey.
  • Participating Simultaneously Here and There: The Cross-Border Space in the Stubai Valley and Uşak
  • Theoretical and Methodological Framework: Following Affordances in Remittance Landscapes
  • Multi-Sited Ethnography as a Spatial and Temporal Research Strategy
  • Stubai Knives and Tools as Remitted Objects
  • Knives and Tools in the Everyday Life of Returnees
  • Between Connection and Disruption: Remitted Knives as Ambivalent Cross-Border "Tie-Signs"
  • Conclusion: Conceptualizing Remittance Affordances
  • References
  • Chapter 13: Remittances and Migrating Spaces in the Context of Turkish, Vietnamese, and Korean Remigration
  • The Spatiality of Remittances
  • References
  • Chapter 14: Material Remittances in the Context of Seasonal Work: Social and Economic Change in Vanuatu
  • Introduction
  • Australia's and New Zealand's Seasonal Worker Schemes
  • Material and Financial Remittances in the Context of the RSE and the SWP
  • Introducing the Research Field: Vanuatu
  • Methodology
  • Remitting Material Goods
  • Transforming the Village: Homes, Households, Everyday Life, and Schools
  • From Thatched to Permanent Homes: The Transformation of the Built Environment
  • Within the Household
  • Everyday Life and Solar Power
  • Schools
  • Collective Community Projects
  • Host Country Community Contributions
  • Kastom Ceremonies
  • Transformations in the Business Sector, Agriculture, and Transportation
  • Rejection of Remittances, Perceived Negative Impacts, and Inequality
  • Material Remittances as Practices of Belonging
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Part IV: Remittances in the Light of Conflict, Climate Change, and the Postcolonial: Contemporary Issues and Upcoming Challenges
  • References
  • Chapter 15: Remittances as a Game Changer for Climate Change Adaptation Financing for the Most Vulnerable: Empirical Evidence from Northern Ghana
  • Introduction.
  • Materials and Methods.

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