PhD 2. Contextual background 3. In search of the European macro-region: does such a thing exist? ……3.1. The spatial and temporal framework of the research ……3.2. A bottom-up approach to regional integration ……3.3. An international comparative approach 4. Research questions and objectives PhD outlineChapter 2: Literature review and conceptual framework 1. From the social integration paradigm… ……1.1. Social integration: a complex, polysemic and multi-dimensional …………concept …………1.1.1. Genesis and origin of the notion of integration in social science …………1.1.2. The construction of theoretical integration "models" as analytical …………………frameworks for national contexts ……1.2. Limits: the aporia of the scientific literature regarding this plural notion …………1.2.1. Epistemological impasses …………1.2.2. Measuring integration: the example of language …………1.2.3. The cultural capital to circumvent the impossible measure 6 …………1.2.4. The rhizome theory: a new "way of thinking" to overcome the …………………concept of unity 522. …to the regional integration paradigm for understanding NMS migration 55……2.1. Shifting the scale of analysis to the macro-regional level 55 ……2.2. Recent research on regional integration in geography 57……2.3. The European Union: a canonical model in the scientific literature on …………macro-regional integration? 62……2.4. Europe: an assemblage? 63Chapter 3: Methodology 661. Finding the relevant methodology ……1.1. Qualitative analysis ……1.2. Ethical considerations 2. A multi-located, multi-phased fieldwork: identification of representative and …comparable research fields ……2.1. A multi-located fieldwork …………2.1.1. The relevance of working on medium-sized cities …………2.1.2. The use of the TRADEVE database …………2.1.3. Characteristic of the research fields ……2.2. A multi-phased fieldwork 3. In search of participants: how to recruit participants from a minority and an ….invisible population during a time of pandemic ……3.1. Recruiting NMS migrants in the field …………3.1.1. NMS migrants, an invisible and "hard-to-involve" population …………3.1.2. Poor choices of places in which to approach them …………3.1.3. Events ……3.2. Recruiting NMS migrants online …………3.2.1. Reaching participants through social networking sites: a state of …………………art …………3.2.2. Reaching participants via community Facebook groups of NMS …………………migrants living in Wales and Lorraine: the protocol 4. A mixed method ……4.1. The conduct of the semi-structured interviews ……4.2. Interpretative mental maps 7 …………4.2.1. The variety of definitions and the usages of mental maps in …………………social science 104 …………4.2.2. Mental maps protocol 108 ……4.3. The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the methods 110 …………4.3.1. The uncertain and erratic nature of a qualitative investigation …………………during the Covid-19 pandemic 110 …………4.3.2. Videoconferencing as an interview setting 110 ……4.4. Analysis and tools used 113 5. Socio-demographic characteristic 114 ……5.1. Sample description: a heterogeneous population 114 ……5.2. Explanations of the differences in representations 120 Chapter 4:...
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