Contesting transnationalism? Lessons from the study of Albanian migration networks from former Yugoslavia

Dahinden, Janine

doi:10.1111/j.1471-0374.2005.00114.x

Cited by 144 publications

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“…For the purposes of this article, we should note two significant theoretical shortcomings which will be addressed. First, some studies have shown that not all migrants are involved in transnational practices; transnationalism is therefore not Á as sometimes claimed during the 1990s Á the life style of all migrants (Guarnizo, Portes and Haller 2003;Dahinden 2005). On this ground the debate has been launched as to how processes of migrant incorporation in the host country and the establishment of transnational spaces are related.…”

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Are we all transnationals now? Network transnationalism and transnational subjectivity: the differing impacts of globalization on the inhabitants of a small Swiss city

Dahinden¹

2009

Ethnic and Racial Studies

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I ask in this article how the inhabitants Á migrants and non-migrants Á of a specific geographical space, a small Swiss city in French-speaking Switzerland, live out different forms of transnationalism. Transnationalism is for this purpose defined and operationalized on two dimensions: I make a distinction between network transnationalism and what I call transnational subjectivity. The first dimension includes the transnational social networks; the latter refers to the cognitive classifications of a person's membership and belongings in transnational space. Analysis of the personal social networks of 250 inhabitants of this city, supplemented by data from qualitative interviews, brings to light four different ideal types of how transnationalism is lived. It reveals that these morphologies are closely related to questions of social positioning as well as processes of integration, locally or in transnational space.

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Are we all transnationals now? Network transnationalism and transnational subjectivity: the differing impacts of globalization on the inhabitants of a small Swiss city

Dahinden¹

2009

Ethnic and Racial Studies

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“…Successful access to the professional world is a primary way to accumulate resources. Most researchers agree, however, that the transition to the labor market is sensitive to individual differences (Billari and Liefbroer 2010;Dahinden 2005;Gauthier 2007;Settersten 2005). This transition is considered to be a turning point in life.…”

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Risk Factors of Labor-Market Insertion for Children of Immigrants in Switzerland

Guarin

Rousseaux

2017

Life Course Research and Social Policies

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“…On the other, new roles and demands, new political spaces, are opened by diaspora interactions'. 6 Migration and transnationalism can thus lead to a negotiation of gender roles 7 or to their new distribution in both the transnational and the local context.…”

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Mermaids and Spirit Spouses: Rituals as Technologies of Gender in Transnational African Pentecostal Spaces

Rey

2013

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This article aims to approach the construction of gender in transnational spaces by focusing on the ritual practice of African Pentecostal migrants in Europe and in Africa. One dimension of African Pentecostalism is its insistence on the practice of exorcism called 'deliverance' where malevolent spirits are expelled from one's body. Within the Pentecostal demonology, several categories of spirits carry implications for how gender is constructed. This article will analyse effects of the appearance of these spirits on the construction of gender among Ghanaian and Congolese Pentecostal churches in Geneva and in Accra. It will show that variations in the appearance of spirits within rituals can be interpreted as a negotiation of gender roles in a migratory context. Shifts in Pentecostal demonology can therefore be interpreted as a response to the reconfiguration of gender roles associated with the broader gender context and work opportunities in Europe.

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Contesting transnationalism? Lessons from the study of Albanian migration networks from former Yugoslavia

Cited by 144 publications

References 24 publications

Are we all transnationals now? Network transnationalism and transnational subjectivity: the differing impacts of globalization on the inhabitants of a small Swiss city

Are we all transnationals now? Network transnationalism and transnational subjectivity: the differing impacts of globalization on the inhabitants of a small Swiss city

Risk Factors of Labor-Market Insertion for Children of Immigrants in Switzerland

Mermaids and Spirit Spouses: Rituals as Technologies of Gender in Transnational African Pentecostal Spaces

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