Return Migration and Development Prospects after EU Integration: Empirical Evidence from Bulgaria

Mintchev, Vesselin; Boshnakov, Venelin

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confidence: 99%

“…While studies on the experiences of outbound migration and its effects abound (Angelov & Vankova, 2011; Bogdanov & Rangelova, 2012; Deneva, 2012; Manolova, 2018; Markova, 2010), research on return migration is still making its way through (Bakalova & Misheva, 2018; Guentcheva, 2017; Mintchev & Boshnakov, 2010; Nonchev & Hristova, 2018). The latter is complicated by the hardships in obtaining representative samples and the lack of adequate statistical data (Mintchev & Boshakov, 2010). Moreover, we see a growing crux in defining the category of ‘return’, forcing scholars to construe the ‘return migrant’ according to quantitative varieties such as the length and the number of stays abroad (Minthev & Boshakov, 2010: 236).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The latter is complicated by the hardships in obtaining representative samples and the lack of adequate statistical data (Mintchev & Boshakov, 2010). Moreover, we see a growing crux in defining the category of ‘return’, forcing scholars to construe the ‘return migrant’ according to quantitative varieties such as the length and the number of stays abroad (Minthev & Boshakov, 2010: 236).…”

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The Re(production) of Restless Bodies: Freedom of Movement and Social Reproduction

Apostolova

2021

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The article develops the notion of restless bodies to explore the interaction between regimes of social reproduction and freedom of movement. The notion captures the methodological difficulty to account for ‘return migration’ and goes beyond the isolation of a singular migration determinant. The author relies on two empirical cases. The first draws on one hundred interviews with ‘return migrants’ in Bulgaria. The second is based on fieldwork conducted between 2013 and 2015 in Germany. Both show how the political economy of movement is characterised by a contradiction between fixity and motion in the context of capital accumulation and fading welfare state. The concerns at hand are raised both because of their methodological importance but also as a potential instrument that could supplement ongoing policy debates in the field of EU social security portability coordination.

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