Migrant Networks: a Summary and Critique of Relational Approaches to International Migration

Gold, Steven J.

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“…Migration theories generally stipulate that while migration flows first emerge from integrated economic relationships between states or regions or from violent upheavals and international political ⁄ military relationships, those flows are sustained through social networks. Social networks provide a structure through which potential migrants gain resources (such as material assistance or useful information) that lower the financial costs of migration, lower the risks associated with migrating, and make incorporation into the host society easier (Boyd 1989;Curran and Rivero-Fuentes 2003;Curran et al 2005;Gold 2005;Kana'iaupuni et al 2005;Massey and Espana 1987;Massey et al 1993;Winters et al 2001). Normative gendered expectations shape the kinds of social networks to which men and women have access.…”

Section: Gender Relations In Migrant Families and Social Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some research has found that immigrant women find even the changes that challenge patriarchal authority in their families to be disruptive and unwelcome. Challenging immigrant men's patriarchal authority also challenges immigrant women's authority as mothers (Gold 1992;Kibria 1993Kibria , 1994, and can leave immigrant women worse off in cases of spousal abuse (Bui 2004;Bui and Morash 1999;Sokoloff 2008). Some immigrant women may need to leave children behind in their home countries to seek employment opportunities in other counties.…”

Section: Gender Relations In Migrant Families and Social Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Gender and Migration: Integrating Feminist Theory into Migration Studies

Nawyn

2010

Sociology Compass

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In approximately three decades, gender and migration scholarship has moved from a few studies that included women immigrants or included gender as a dichotomous variable to a burgeoning literature that has made significant contributions to understanding numerous aspects of the migration experience. The larger field of migration studies, however, has not yet fully embraced feminist migration analysis and theory. In this article, I describe the development of gender and migration research and its theoretical underpinnings. Afterward, I highlight the key contributions that feminist migration scholars have made to our knowledge of labor migration, migrant families and social networks, transnationalism and citizenship, sex trafficking, and sexuality. Considering these important contributions, I explore the reasons why feminist migration research still lies largely outside the mainstream of the broader field and how it might achieve better integration.

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Section: Gender Relations In Migrant Families and Social Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Gender Relations In Migrant Families and Social Networkmentioning

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Gender and Migration: Integrating Feminist Theory into Migration Studies

Nawyn

2010

Sociology Compass

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“…Migration networks theory, which shows the collective agency of migrants and their communities in organizing processes of migration and incorporation (Boyd 1989;Gold 2005). Transnational theory: as a result of new transport and communications technologies it becomes increasingly easy for migrants to maintain long-term economic, social, cultural and political links across borders.…”

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Development and Migration—Migration and Development: What Comes First? Global Perspective and African Experiences

Castles¹

2009

Theoria

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Socio-economic change and human mobility are constantly interactive processes, so to ask whether migration or development comes first is nonsensical. Yet in both popular and political discourse it has become the conventional wisdom to argue that promoting economic development in the Global South has the potential to reduce migration to the North. This carries the clear implication that such migration is a bad thing, and poor people should stay put. This 'sedentary bias' is a continuation of colonial policies designed to mobilise labour for mines and plantations, while preventing permanent settlement in the cities. European policy-makers and academics are particularly concerned with flows from Africa, and measures taken by the European Union and its member states are often designed to reduce these -often in the guise of well-meaning development policies. By contrast, many migration scholars regard human mobility as a normal part of social transformation processes, and a way in which people can exercise agency to improve their livelihoods. This article examines these problems, first by providing a brief history of academic debates on international migration and development. It goes on to look at the politics of migration and development, using both EU policy and African approaches as examples. An alternative approach to migration and development is presented, based on a conceptual framework derived from the analysis of social transformation processes.

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“…Conceptually, reference to ubiquitous migrant networks (Gold, 2005), social capital (Massey & Aysa, 2005), or migration systems is not sufficient to account for how some of the reciprocal relationships between migrants and others who offer intermediary or brokerage services function. Any analysis in this area should include not only migrants and their networks but also (potential) employers, private individuals, and states (Krissman, 2005).…”

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Brokerage in Cross-Border Mobility: Social Mechanisms and the (Re)Production of Social Inequalities

Faist

2014

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Brokerage is an essential yet understudied function in social life. In one of the classics in the field of sociology, Georg Simmel differentiated three types of the "third" which help to analyse brokerage: the disinterested mediator or arbitrator, tertius gaudens and divide et impera. Studies that conceptualise traffickers and smugglers as brokers are extremely rare. Scholars lack a typology which can serve as a basis for comparative research. To advance scholarship on brokerage this article seeks to develop a conceptual-typological matrix by setting out to explore three questions: Why does brokerage exist? What kind of social mechanism is brokerage? What are the implications of brokerage for social inequalities and equalities? The analysis concludes with the consequences of different types of brokerage for the (re)production of social inequalities.

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Migrant Networks: a Summary and Critique of Relational Approaches to International Migration

Cited by 39 publications

References 73 publications

Gender and Migration: Integrating Feminist Theory into Migration Studies

Gender and Migration: Integrating Feminist Theory into Migration Studies

Development and Migration—Migration and Development: What Comes First? Global Perspective and African Experiences

Brokerage in Cross-Border Mobility: Social Mechanisms and the (Re)Production of Social Inequalities

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