Temporary Migration, Transformation and Development

Evidence from Europe and Asia
Herausgeber: Pitkänen, Pirkko; Irudaya Rajan, S.; Aksakal, Mustafa; Schmidt, Kerstin; Hayakawa, Tomoko

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines how temporary migration entails transformative characteristics which manifest in political, legal, economic, social and cultural aspects. It highlights that transnationally mobile people are active agents of transformations on local, national and international scales.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 160mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9781138561281
• ISBN-10: 1138561282
• Artikelnr.: 56235400

Autorenporträt

Pirkko Pitkänen is Professor of Educational Policy and Multicultural Education and Research Manager of the Research Centre on Transnationalism and Transformation (TRANSIT) at the University of Tampere, Finland. Tomoko Hayakawa is a researcher at the University of Tampere, Finland. She holds a PhD in Social Anthropology from University College London, UK. Kerstin Schmidt is a senior researcher at the Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University, Germany. Mustafa Aksakal is a senior researcher at Bielefeld University, Germany. S. Irudaya Rajan is Professor at the Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, India.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. 1. Temporary Migration and Related Policy Issues in a
Globalised China 2. Characteristics and Development Impact of Temporary
Migration: The Case of India 3. Temporary Migration in the Philippines:
Changes and Constants in This Continuing Saga 4. Temporary Migration in
Thailand: Impacts, Challenges and Policy Implications 5. Transformative
Characteristics and Developmental Impacts of Temporary Migration to and
through Turkey 6. Temporary Migrants and Refugees in Greece: Transformative
Challenges 7. Temporary Migration Influence - The Case of Hungary: Curbed
Transformation and Development in a Transit Country 8. Characteristics and
Development Impact of Temporary Migration: The Case of Ukraine 9.
Transformative Characteristics and Development Outcomes of Temporary Asian
Migration to Germany 10. Temporary Migration in the Netherlands:
Contradictory Policies and Ambiguous Effects 11. Characteristics and
Development Impact of Temporary Migration: The Case of Finland. Conclusion:
Challenges and Future Prospects of Temporary Transnational Migration