The Emigrant Communities of Latvia

National Identity, Transnational Belonging, and Diaspora Politics
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-030-12094-8
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 298 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Reihe: IMISCOE Research Series

Provides insight in patterns of Latvian migration during the past 25 years

An interdisciplinary enriched account on push and pull forces in contemporary diaspora transformations

Discusses migration combining top-down policy and bottom-up emigrant perspectives

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mieri¿a, Inta

Kaša, Rita

Mierina, Inta

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Politische Ethnologie, Recht, Organisation, Identität
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Rita Kaša and Inta Mierina.- Part I Contemporary Latvian Migration: An Integrated Approach to Surveying Emigrants Worldwide: Inta Mierina.- Emigration from Latvia: A Brief History and Driving Forces in the 21st Century: Mihails Hazans.- The Complex Identities of Latvians Abroad: What Shapes a Migrant’s Sense of Belonging?: Ilze Koroleva.- Latvian Migrants in Foreign Labour Markets: Job Placement and Discrimination: Aivars Tabuns.- PART II Case Studies on Transnational and National Belonging of Migrants: Latvian Migrants in Great Britain: ‘The Great Departure’, Transnational Identity and Long Distance Belonging: Martinš Kaprans.- Growing Up to Belong Transnationally: Parent Perceptions on Identity Formation among Latvian Emigrant Children in England: Daiga Kamerade and Ieva Skubina.- Manoeuvring in between: Mapping out the Transnational Identity of Russian-speaking Latvians in Sweden and Great Britain: Iveta Jurkane-Hobein and Evija Klave.- Cultural and Media Identity among Latvian Migrants in Germany: Laura Suna.- Latvian Emigrants in the United States: Different Waves, Different Identities?: Andris Saulitis and Inta Mierina.- ‘I Am One of Them’: Exploring the Communication of Identity of Latvian Migrants on Social Networking Sites: Ianis Bucholtz and Laura Suna.- Part III Return Migration and Policies of the Sending Country: Return Migration Process in Policy and Practice: Evija Klave and Inese Šupule.- The Nexus between Higher Education Funding and Return Migration Examined: Rita Kaša.

Über Autor(innen)

Rita Kaša holds a PhD in Comparative Education from the State University of New York in Buffalo, USA. Her research interests concern educational policy, finance and governance with specific focus on equity and equality in educational access, especially on the level of higher education. Currently she is an Assistant Professor at Graduate School of Education, Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan.
Inta Mierina is based at Yale University MacMillan Center for International and Area studies, as Juris Padegs Research Fellow, and she is also a Senior Researcher at the University of Latvia, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology. Previously, Dr. Mierina was the scientific director of the ESF research grant “The emigrant communities of Latvia: National identity, transnational relations, and diaspora politics”, receiving for its successful leadership the 2014 University of Latvia Annual prize in science.  In 2015 she studied the processes of migration as a Fulbright Research Fellow at the University of Washington. Currently her main research interests concern migration, integration, nationalism and far-right attitudes, inequality, social and political participation.