Global Connections and Emerging Inequalities in Europe : Perspectives on Poverty and Transnational Migration.

By: Kaneff, DeemaContributor(s): Pine, FrancesMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Anthem European StudiesPublisher: London : Anthem Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (195 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780857288684Subject(s): Equality - EuropeGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Global Connections and Emerging Inequalities in Europe : Perspectives on Poverty and Transnational MigrationDDC classification: 325.4 LOC classification: 2010051041Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cover -- Front Matter -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Main Matter -- Chapter 1: EMERGING INEQUALITIES IN EUROPE: POVERTY AND TRANSNATIONAL MIGRATION -- Introduction -- I. Increasing Poverty and Inequalities in the Context of Economic and Political Reform -- II. Histories of Migrations -- III. Summary of Chapters -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2: CAPITAL, FAMILY OR COMMUNITY IN POSTSOCIALIST RURAL ROMANIA: INEQUALITIES AND EQUALITIES -- Introduction: Rural Equality and Inequality -- The Complexity of Postsocialism -- The Romanian Case -- Property and Kinship -- Continuity, Change and Inequality -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3: INTERNATIONAL LABOUR MIGRATION, REMITTANCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN MOLDOVA -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Moldova: Remittances, Economic Recovery, and Poverty -- 3. A Household-Level Dataset on Migration and Remittances -- 4. Determinants of the Migration Decision -- 5. Determinants of Remittances and Household Expenditures -- 6. Migration and Current Consumption Expenditure -- 7. Conclusions and Policy Implications -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4: FROM STREET BUSKING IN SWITZERLAND TO MEAT FACTORIES IN THE UK: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TWO ROMA MIGRATION NETWORKS FROM SLOVAKIA -- Two Roma Groupings on the Margins of the Slovakian State: Feladincze in Slovak-Hungarian and Tarkovce in Slovak-Ukrainian Borderlands -- Case 1: Busking as a Migration Tactic in Geneva -- Case 2: From Slovakia to United Kingdom Meat Factories -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5: TRANSNATIONAL MIGRATION OF BULGARIAN ROMA -- Theoretical Framework -- Destinations -- Reasons for Transnational Migration -- Social Networks and Emigration -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References.
Chapter 6: THE END OF POLITICS IN ROMANIA'S JIU VALLEY: GLOBAL NORMALISATION AND THE REPRODUCTION OF INEQUALITY -- Introduction: Global Integration, Violence, and Regional Normalisation -- A History of Global Connections and Normalisation in the Jiu Valley -- The Jiu Valley in the Revolution and After: Mineriade and Normalisation -- Global Normalisation Today: Processes, Practices, Costs, Outcomes -- Conclusions: Miner's Day, 2009 and the Parody of Politics in Today's Jiu Valley -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7: ASSISTANCE MIGRANTS IN RUSSIA: UPSETTING THE HIERARCHIES OF TRANSITIONAL DEVELOPMENT -- Neither East nor West: Locating Russia within Shifting Fields of Desirability and Decline -- To Give is to Receive: The Geopolitics of Disdain and Subordination -- Global Value and the New Russia -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 8: CONTEMPORARY CONTEXTS OF EUROPEAN MIGRATION: CONCLUDING THOUGHTS -- References -- End Matter -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.
Summary: This book explores connections between poverty and migration in the context of the expansion of neoliberalism in Europe, examining these global concerns from a local perspective.
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Cover -- Front Matter -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Main Matter -- Chapter 1: EMERGING INEQUALITIES IN EUROPE: POVERTY AND TRANSNATIONAL MIGRATION -- Introduction -- I. Increasing Poverty and Inequalities in the Context of Economic and Political Reform -- II. Histories of Migrations -- III. Summary of Chapters -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2: CAPITAL, FAMILY OR COMMUNITY IN POSTSOCIALIST RURAL ROMANIA: INEQUALITIES AND EQUALITIES -- Introduction: Rural Equality and Inequality -- The Complexity of Postsocialism -- The Romanian Case -- Property and Kinship -- Continuity, Change and Inequality -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3: INTERNATIONAL LABOUR MIGRATION, REMITTANCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN MOLDOVA -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Moldova: Remittances, Economic Recovery, and Poverty -- 3. A Household-Level Dataset on Migration and Remittances -- 4. Determinants of the Migration Decision -- 5. Determinants of Remittances and Household Expenditures -- 6. Migration and Current Consumption Expenditure -- 7. Conclusions and Policy Implications -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4: FROM STREET BUSKING IN SWITZERLAND TO MEAT FACTORIES IN THE UK: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TWO ROMA MIGRATION NETWORKS FROM SLOVAKIA -- Two Roma Groupings on the Margins of the Slovakian State: Feladincze in Slovak-Hungarian and Tarkovce in Slovak-Ukrainian Borderlands -- Case 1: Busking as a Migration Tactic in Geneva -- Case 2: From Slovakia to United Kingdom Meat Factories -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5: TRANSNATIONAL MIGRATION OF BULGARIAN ROMA -- Theoretical Framework -- Destinations -- Reasons for Transnational Migration -- Social Networks and Emigration -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References.

Chapter 6: THE END OF POLITICS IN ROMANIA'S JIU VALLEY: GLOBAL NORMALISATION AND THE REPRODUCTION OF INEQUALITY -- Introduction: Global Integration, Violence, and Regional Normalisation -- A History of Global Connections and Normalisation in the Jiu Valley -- The Jiu Valley in the Revolution and After: Mineriade and Normalisation -- Global Normalisation Today: Processes, Practices, Costs, Outcomes -- Conclusions: Miner's Day, 2009 and the Parody of Politics in Today's Jiu Valley -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7: ASSISTANCE MIGRANTS IN RUSSIA: UPSETTING THE HIERARCHIES OF TRANSITIONAL DEVELOPMENT -- Neither East nor West: Locating Russia within Shifting Fields of Desirability and Decline -- To Give is to Receive: The Geopolitics of Disdain and Subordination -- Global Value and the New Russia -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 8: CONTEMPORARY CONTEXTS OF EUROPEAN MIGRATION: CONCLUDING THOUGHTS -- References -- End Matter -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.

This book explores connections between poverty and migration in the context of the expansion of neoliberalism in Europe, examining these global concerns from a local perspective.

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