International migration, social demotion, and imagined advancement : an ethnography of socioglobal mobility
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Bibliographic Information
International migration, social demotion, and imagined advancement : an ethnography of socioglobal mobility
Springer, c2008
Available at 2 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-206) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
International Migration as Socioglobal Mobility.- A Preliminary Portrait of the Albanian Emigration.- Ethnography and the Discursive Scape.- Portrait of Lumturi F., High School Teacher, Domestic Cleaner, Kitchen Help, Maid.- Greece Is Better than Albania.- Portrait of Petraq Z., Research Scientist, Plumber's Aide, Maker of Icon Frames, Champion of Capitalism.- Sufferings of the Soul.- Portrait of Fatmir R., High School Principal, Democrat, Janitor, Maintenance Technician, Contemporary Citizen.- The Economic Disadvantages of Emigration.- Portrait of Llambi S., Math Teacher, Member of~Albania's Party of Labor, Olive Plucker, Construction Helper, Lottery Peddler, Cafe Proprietor.- Why Emigrants Do Not Return to Albania.- Portrait of Drita H., Chemical Engineer, Domestic Cleaner, Moviegoer, Balletomane.- The World According to the Emigrants.- Portrait of Ilir, Known As Panajotis, Embassy Child, Ex-Politically Persecuted, Internment Farm Worker, Baker's Aide, Specialist of Floors, Would-be Rebuilder of the World Trade Center.- The Logic and the Experience of Emigration.- Portrait of Genci K., Student, Waiter.- Socioglobal Articulations and Imaginaries.
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