2004
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2004.tb00227.x
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Peggy Levitt,
Nina Glick Schiller

Abstract: This article explores the social theory and consequent methodology that underpins studies of transnational migration. First, we propose a social field approach to the study of migration and distinguish between ways of being and ways of belonging in that field. Second, we argue that assimilation and enduring transnational ties are neither incompatible nor binary opposites. Third, we highlight social processes and institutions that are routinely obscured by traditional migration scholarship but that become clear… Show more

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“…This vision emphasizes financial remittances as an important source of growth for home countries (Adams 2003;Agunias 2006;de Haas 2005) and it praises the transnational ties migrants have with their communities of origin (Portes 2001;Vertovec 2004). Transnationalism sees individuals as carriers of their own identity without being uprooted from their home country, and they belong to several places simultaneously whilst building up and maintaining links over borders (Levitt and Glick Schiller 2004;Vertovec 2001). Several empirical studies underline the possibility of migrants acting as agents of development (de Haas 2006;Katseli, Lucas, and Xenogiani 2006;Lowell and Gerova 2004) and attempt to identify conditions and factors necessary to generate positive impacts.…”
Section: Conceptual Considerationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This vision emphasizes financial remittances as an important source of growth for home countries (Adams 2003;Agunias 2006;de Haas 2005) and it praises the transnational ties migrants have with their communities of origin (Portes 2001;Vertovec 2004). Transnationalism sees individuals as carriers of their own identity without being uprooted from their home country, and they belong to several places simultaneously whilst building up and maintaining links over borders (Levitt and Glick Schiller 2004;Vertovec 2001). Several empirical studies underline the possibility of migrants acting as agents of development (de Haas 2006;Katseli, Lucas, and Xenogiani 2006;Lowell and Gerova 2004) and attempt to identify conditions and factors necessary to generate positive impacts.…”
Section: Conceptual Considerationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Also their cognitive frame allows for greater flexibility and adaptation to the social context. The transnational way of being is not automatically linked to a conscious connection to a certain group and belonging but, as Levitt and Glick Schiller (2004) hypothesise, someone with access to a transnational way of belonging is likely to act on that at some point in their life. Social fields comprise institutions, organisations and experiences that generate categories of identities that are ascribed to or chosen by individuals or groups.…”
Section: S O C I O L O G I J a I P R O S T O Rmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…The complexity of the internal dynamics of a particular field and the co-influence of a variety of social fields evoked the concepts of "power-geometry" (Massey, 1991, Sørensen, 1998, Vertovec, 2001) or the new cross-border geography (Sassen, 2002) which emphasise the issue of differential embeddedness. The role of social positioning and power relations has been taken into account in the conceptualisation of transnational social fields offered by Levitt and Glick Schiller (2004) who partly built on Bourdieu's ideas of the field. They proposed the concept of social field that differentiates ways of being as opposed to ways of belonging.…”
Section: Transnational Social Fieldsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Som analytiske briller benytter vi den britiske sosiologen John Urrys «the new mobilities paradigm» (Sheller og Urry, 2006;, Zygmunt Baumans diskusjoner av det «postmoderne» samfunnet (2007a) og perspektiver på de transnasjonale samfunnene (Faist, Fauser og Reisenauer, 2013;Vertovec, 2009) Dagens globale migranter utnytter disse kreftene, som legger til rette for transnasjonale leve-og samhandlingsmåter på tvers av nasjonale grenser og lokaliteter (Levitt og Schiller, 2004;Schiller, Basch og Blanc, 1995). Faglitteraturen viser hvordan migrantene og deres nettverk (familie og andre) utvikler politiske, kulturelle og sosiale relasjoner som spenner mellom -og knytter sammen -to eller flere land.…”
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