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Qualitative Research in European Migration Studies.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zapata-Barrero, Ricard.
Other Authors: Yalaz, Evren.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2018.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:IMISCOE Research Series
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • About the Editors and Contributors
  • Editors
  • Contributors
  • Chapter 1: Introduction: Preparing the Way for Qualitative Research in Migration Studies
  • References
  • Chapter 2: Mapping the Qualitative Migration Research in Europe: An Exploratory Analysis
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Methodology: Main Criteria of Analysis
  • 2.3 A General Reading: The Number of Migration Research Is Rising, But so Is Qualitative Migration Research in Europe?
  • 2.4 Current State and Development of Qualitative Migration Research in Europe
  • 2.4.1 Research Methods
  • 2.4.2 Comparative Designs
  • 2.4.3 Categorisation of Migrants
  • 2.4.4 Geographical Distribution
  • 2.4.5 Multi-level of Analysis
  • 2.4.6 Topics
  • 2.5 From Description to Generalization: Identifying Patterns, Gaps, and New Directions
  • Annex: Selected Research Topics Provided by IMISCOE on Researcher's Profile Page
  • References
  • Part I: Theoretical and Epistemological Issues
  • Chapter 3: Context-Based Qualitative Research and Multi-sited Migration Studies in Europe
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Context is Crucial
  • 3.2.1 Spatial and Political Contexts
  • 3.2.2 Temporal and Historical Contexts
  • 3.3 Migration Research Should Be Multi-sited
  • 3.3.1 Spatial Designs for Multi-sited Research
  • 3.3.2 Marcusian Multi-sited Ethnography
  • 3.3.3 Critiques of Multi-sited Ethnography
  • 3.3.4 Follow the People, and Other Things Too
  • 3.4 Context and Multi-sitedness in Albanian Migration Research
  • 3.4.1 Project 1: Albanians in London and Back 'Home'
  • 3.4.2 Project 2: Regional Contrasts in Albanian Migrants' Social Inclusion in Italy
  • 3.4.3 Project 3: Gendering the Greece-Albania Remittance Corridor
  • 3.5 Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 4: Moving Out of the Comfort Zone: Promises and Pitfalls of Interdisciplinary Migration Research in Europe.
  • 4.1 Why Bother with Interdisciplinarity in Migration Research? An Argument for Spanning Boundaries and Disciplines
  • 4.2 Exploring the State of the Art of Interdisciplinary Migration Research with the Web of Science
  • 4.3 Practices of an Interdisciplinary Career in Migration Studies: My Case
  • 4.4 Conclusion: Promises and Pitfalls of Pursuing an Interdisciplinary Career in Migration Studies
  • Annexes
  • References
  • Chapter 5: Applied Political Theory and Qualitative Research in Migration Studies
  • 5.1 Introduction: The Benefits of Bridging Political Theory and Qualitative Research
  • 5.2 Bridging Elements: What a Conflict Is and How to Focus a Conflict-Based Approach
  • 5.3 Bonding Practices of the Understanding Function Between APT and QR
  • 5.3.1 Interpreting: The Importance of the Meaning
  • 5.3.2 Conceptualizing: Concept Formation and Conceptual Framework
  • 5.3.3 Contextualizing: Against Scepticism and Universalism
  • 5.4 Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • Chapter 6: Epistemological Issues in Qualitative Migration Research: Self-Reflexivity, Objectivity and Subjectivity
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Some Ontological and Epistemological Issues in Qualitative Migration Research
  • 6.3 False Dichotomies: Subjectivity, Objectivity and the Legacies of Positivism
  • 6.4 Power and Reflexivity in Qualitative Migration Research: The Case of Methodological Nationalism
  • 6.5 Concluding Remarks: Towards a More Relevant and Empowering Qualitative Migration Research Practice
  • References
  • Part II: Building a Qualitative Research Design
  • Chapter 7: Qualitative Migration Research: Viable Goals, Open-Ended Questions, and Multidimensional Answers
  • 7.1 The Main Premises, Goals, and Strategies of Qualitative Research.
  • 7.2 Questions and Answers in Qualitative Research on International Migration: Illustrations from the Current and Emerging Problem Agenda in the Field
  • 7.2.1 The Contexts and Considerations Shaping Migrants' Decision-Making Regarding Cross-Border Travel
  • 7.2.2 The Immigrants' Integration into the Host Society
  • 7.2.3 Immigrants' Experience of Super-Diversity/Multiculturalism
  • 7.3 Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 8: Categorising What We Study and What We Analyse, and the Exercise of Interpretation
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 The Challenge of Categorisation
  • 8.3 Essentially Contested Concepts
  • 8.4 To Ethnically Categorise or Not to Ethnically Categorise, That Is the Question
  • 8.5 The Perils and Necessity of Comparison
  • 8.6 Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 9: Where, What and Whom to Study? Principles, Guidelines and Empirical Examples of Case Selection and Sampling in Migration Research
  • 9.1 Introduction
  • 9.2 Some Notes on the Relevance of Sampling
  • 9.3 What Is a Case?
  • 9.4 Principles of Case Selection in Qualitative Research
  • 9.4.1 Sample Size and Saturation
  • 9.4.2 Generalization of Results
  • 9.5 Sampling Strategies and Their Application in Migration Research
  • 9.5.1 Theoretical Sampling
  • 9.5.2 Snowball Sampling
  • 9.5.3 Matched Sampling
  • 9.5.4 Purposive Sampling
  • 9.6 Conclusion
  • References
  • Part III: Qualitative Techniques and Data Analysis
  • Chapter 10: The Interview in Migration Studies: A Step towards a Dialogue and Knowledge Co-production?
  • 10.1 Introduction
  • 10.2 Outstanding Challenges and Complementarities of the Interview as a Method Within Qualitative Research
  • 10.3 When and How Can Interview Techniques Serve European Migration Research?
  • 10.3.1 The Interview as a Tool to Reach Vulnerable Migrant Populations.
  • 10.3.2 The Interview as a Method That Allows Researchers to Develop an Open-Ended Research Agenda
  • 10.3.3 Action Research and the Interview as a Part of Complex Representations
  • 10.4 The Role of the Researcher in the Interview and Interpretation of Collected Data: Epistemological Questions
  • 10.4.1 Who Is an Insider or an Outsider in an Interview, and How Does It Matter?
  • 10.4.2 A Dynamic Approach to the Identity of the Researcher
  • 10.5 The Interview Within Research Design, Interview Data Processing and Interpretation
  • 10.5.1 Mapping and Adjusting
  • 10.5.2 Data Processing
  • 10.5.3 Data Interpretation
  • 10.6 Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 11: Focus Groups in Migration Research: A Forum for "Public Thinking"?
  • 11.1 What Are Focus Groups? Why Are They Useful for Migration Research?
  • 11.2 Why Are Focus Groups Useful for Migration Research?
  • 11.3 How to Build the Groups? How to Do Comparative Migration Research with FGs?
  • 11.4 How to Prepare and to Facilitate a Group Discussion? How to Ask Questions in Collaborative Migration Research?
  • 11.5 How to Interpret Discussions? How to Analyse the Everyday Naturalization of Nation, Ethnicity and Race?
  • 11.6 How to Communicate FG Results and to Whom? Public Sociology and Migration Studies
  • References
  • Chapter 12: Participant Observation in Migration Studies: An Overview and Some Emerging Issues
  • 12.1 Introduction
  • 12.2 Participant Observation as a Research Method
  • 12.3 Participant Observation in Migration Studies
  • 12.4 On the Relationship Between Ethnographers and Their Counterparts
  • 12.5 What Next? Multi-sited Ethnography, Online Ethnography, and Beyond
  • References
  • Chapter 13: Discourse and Migration
  • 13.1 Introduction
  • 13.2 What Is Discourse?
  • 13.2.1 Migration Discourse
  • Genres and Contexts of Migration Discourse
  • Contexts
  • Contextual Racism.
  • Themes and Topics
  • Schematic Superstructures
  • Local Meanings
  • Modalities
  • Implications
  • Presuppositions
  • Actor and Action Descriptions
  • Further Semantic Analysis
  • Ideological Analysis
  • 13.3 Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 14: Doing Digital Migration Studies: Methodological Considerations for an Emerging Research Focus
  • 14.1 Introduction: Researching Migration in the Digital Era
  • 14.2 Digital Migration Studies: 3 Paradigms
  • 14.2.1 Paradigm (I) Migrants in Cyberspace
  • 14.2.2 Paradigm (II) Everyday Digital Migrant Life
  • 14.2.3 Paradigm (III) Migrants As Data
  • Relationality
  • Adaptability
  • Ethics-of-Care
  • 14.3 Conclusions
  • References
  • Part IV: Significant Requirements Before Embarking
  • Chapter 15: Methodological and Ethical Dilemmas in Research Among Smuggled Migrants
  • 15.1 Introduction
  • 15.2 Migrants' Own Perspectives
  • 15.3 Ethical Issues
  • 15.4 How to Build Up Trust in a Context of Mistrust?
  • 15.5 Triggering Memories in an Ethical Way
  • 15.6 Accessing the Research Population
  • 15.7 Why Did Migrants Participate in Our Research?
  • 15.8 Official and Unofficial Representations of the Self
  • 15.9 Analysing Different Representations
  • 15.10 Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 16: Research-Policy Relations and Migration Studies
  • 16.1 Introduction
  • 16.2 Configurations of the Research-Policy Nexus
  • 16.3 Knowledge Production
  • 16.4 Knowledge Utilization
  • 16.5 Engaging in Research-Policy Dialogues
  • 16.6 Conclusions
  • References.

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