Migrants as Agents of Change

Social Remittances in an Enlarged European Union

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Emigration & Immigration, Political Science, International
Cover of the book Migrants as Agents of Change by Izabela Grabowska, Agnieszka Radziwinowiczówna, Michał P. Garapich, Ewa Jaźwińska, Palgrave Macmillan UK
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Author: Izabela Grabowska, Agnieszka Radziwinowiczówna, Michał P. Garapich, Ewa Jaźwińska ISBN: 9781137590664
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK Publication: November 9, 2016
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English
Author: Izabela Grabowska, Agnieszka Radziwinowiczówna, Michał P. Garapich, Ewa Jaźwińska
ISBN: 9781137590664
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication: November 9, 2016
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English

This book offers a unique and innovative way of looking at the paradoxical consequences of human mobility. Based on a three-year transnational multi-sited longitudinal research project, it demonstrates that not all migrants acquire, transfer and implement social remittances in the same way. Whilst the circulation of ideas, norms and practices is an important aspect of modernity, acts of resistance, imitation and innovation mean that whilst some migrants become ordinary agents of social change in their local microcosms, others may contest that change. By putting this individual agency centre stage, the authors trace how social remittances are evolving, and the ambiguous impact that they have on society. This thought-provoking work will appeal to students and scholars of sociology, geography and anthropology.

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This book offers a unique and innovative way of looking at the paradoxical consequences of human mobility. Based on a three-year transnational multi-sited longitudinal research project, it demonstrates that not all migrants acquire, transfer and implement social remittances in the same way. Whilst the circulation of ideas, norms and practices is an important aspect of modernity, acts of resistance, imitation and innovation mean that whilst some migrants become ordinary agents of social change in their local microcosms, others may contest that change. By putting this individual agency centre stage, the authors trace how social remittances are evolving, and the ambiguous impact that they have on society. This thought-provoking work will appeal to students and scholars of sociology, geography and anthropology.

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