Exploring migrants' global social remittances and their impacts on Europe from disciplines including sociology, anthropology, geography and political science, this book presents migrants not as 'cultural others but as a part of Europe s global connection, with the flows of knowledge, ideas, money, objects and values which result from migration.

0. An Introduction to the Debate:  Migration and Remittances in a Global Europe; Magdalena Nowicka and Vojin Šerbedžija.- Part 1: Circulating Social Remittances within Europe.- 1. Reflexive Mediterranisation: Mobilities, Economies, and the Cultural Remittance of Imaginaries; Regina Römhild.- 2. An Inside-out Approach to Social Remittances: Linking Migration and Social Change in Poland; Anne White.- 3. Structuring Social Remittances: Transnational Networks of Polish Migrants; Łukasz Krzyżowski.- Part 2: Social Remittances and Political Engagement.- 4. The Emergence of a ‘Diasporic Political Field’: A case for Political Remittances; Paul Tabar and Wahib Maalouf.- 5. A Conceptual and Empirical Critique of ‘Social Remittances’: Iraqi Kurdish Migrants Narrate Resistance; Erlend Paasche.- 6. Dersim across Borders: Political Transmittances between the Kurdish-Turkish Province Tunceli and Europe; Sabine Strasser and Mustafa Akçınar.- Part 3: Family Commitments, Gender Roles and Remitting.- 7. Circulating Remittances: Cross-Border Negotiation of Family Values among Thai Migrant Women and Their Dutch Husbands; Panitee Suksomboon Brown.- 8.Transacting Care Transnationally: Remittances and Agency within Global Care Chains; Ingrid Jerve Ramsøy.- 9. Transnational Health Insurances as Social Remittances: The case of Congolese Immigrants in Belgium; Jean-Michel Lafleur and Olivier Lizin.- Part 4: Social Remittances and Social Transformations.- 10. The Politics of Remittances: Implications for Development;Thomas Lacroix.- 11. The Circulation of Transnational Islamic Charity; Kaja Borchgrevink and Marta Bivand Erdal.- 12. Skilled Indians in Europe: Knowledge Transfer and Social Impact; Gabriela Tejad.- 13.Concluding Remarks;Roland Robertson

 

This book explores migrant's global social remittances and their impacts on Europe. Exploring the topic from a range of disciplines including sociology, anthropology, geography and political science, the authors present empirical analyses covering a wide selection of international contexts across Europe, India, Iraq, Bolivia, Congo, Lebanon and Thailand. The book presents migrants not as Europe’s ‘cultural others’ but as an integral part of Europe’s global connection, and scrutinises the flows of knowledge, ideas, money, objects and values which result from the process of migration, rather than the migrants themselves.

A valuable contribution to the literature on migrant transnationalism and globalisation, this book will appeal to scholars across the social sciences. 

“This thought-provoking volume gives a boost to debates about social remittances. Through solid ethnography and critical theorizing, the authors demonstrate both the potential and the pitfalls of this influential and seductive concept. The chapters locate social remittances within the wider socio-cultural dynamics of migration, examining a range of transnational connections within and beyond Europe. (Jørgen Carling, Peace Research Institute Oslo, Norway)

 “A fresh investigation into the ways in which migration, globalisation and Europe interact, examined through the lens of social remittances. The authors skillfully show how understanding the local meaning of remitting helps illuminate global processes of social change. An excellent resource for students and scholars alike, this collection contributes to balancing the North American scholarship on social remittances, whilst highlighting the need for a Global South-centred approach.” (Julie Vullnetari, University of Southampton, UK)

“This book makes an important contribution to the multidisciplinary discussions about social remittances. Nowicka and Šerbedžija contextualize and clarify the amorphous concept and map its wide empirical range through a series of case studies. They rightly emphasize the importance of social network analysis for a better understanding of the conditions that shape remittance circulation over time.” (Gwendolyn Sasse, University of Oxford, UK)

"This thought-provoking volume gives a boost to debates about social remittances. Through solid ethnography and critical theorizing, the authors demonstrate both the potential and the pitfalls of this influential and seductive concept. The chapters locate social remittances within the wider socio-cultural dynamics of migration, examining a range of transnational connections within and beyond Europe. (Jorgen Carling, Peace Research Institute Oslo, Norway) "A fresh investigation into the ways in which migration, globalisation and Europe interact, examined through the lens of social remittances. The authors skillfully show how understanding the local meaning of remitting helps illuminate global processes of social change. An excellent resource for students and scholars alike, this collection contributes to balancing the North American scholarship on social remittances, whilst highlighting the need for a Global South-centred approach." (Julie Vullnetari, University of Southampton, UK) "This book makes an important contribution to the multidisciplinary discussions about social remittances. Nowicka and Serbedzija contextualize and clarify the amorphous concept and map its wide empirical range through a series of case studies. They rightly emphasize the importance of social network analysis for a better understanding of the conditions that shape remittance circulation over time." (Gwendolyn Sasse, University of Oxford, UK)

Considers migrants as active agents transforming the societies in which they reside and their original societies Covers a range of European and Eastern countries Explores the topic from a range of disciplines