Expectations and Reality: A Case Study of Return Migration from the United States to Southern Italy

Cerase, Francesco Paolo

doi:10.2307/3002783

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“…However, the structural approach does not perceive return as the mere individual experience of the migrant, but argues that return migration should also be analyzed with reference to the social and institutional context in the country of origin (Cassorino, 2004;Cerase 1974;King, 1986). Within this approach, the work of Cerase (1974) provides one of the most cited typologies of return migration, distinguishing between four kinds of return of first generation immigrants, namely return because of failure, conservatism, retirement, and innovation.…”

Section: Structural Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

Return Migration

Künüroğlu¹,

Vijver²,

Yağmur³

2016

Online Readings in Psychology and Culture

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Section: Structural Approachmentioning

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Return Migration

Künüroğlu¹,

Vijver²,

Yağmur³

2016

Online Readings in Psychology and Culture

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“…Secondly, due to their time abroad, return migrants missed social relations to local and regional actors necessary for establishing a new enterprise. And linked to that, thirdly, innovative return migrants were not supported or even blocked by powerful regional actors (Cerase, 1974;King et al, 1986). Following this line of thought, King et al (1986) identified the need for an institutional framework in the receiving regions that enables return migrants "to fully mobilize these inputs for the optimum benefit of the local and regional economy" (King et al, 1986, p. 65).…”

Section: Review Of Earlier Studies and Analytical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

High-skilled Return Migration and Knowledge-based Development in Poland

Klagge

Klein-Hitpaß

2010

European Planning Studies

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It is by now well known that return migration of the highly skilled can have a significant impact on knowledge-based development in the regions to which they return. Whereas previous research has mainly focused on developing and newly industrializing countries, this paper looks at high-skilled return migration in an East European transformation economy, namely Poland. In our paper, we propose an analytical framework which integrates migration theory and regional development perspectives. Based on narrative interviews with high-skilled return migrants in Warsaw and Poznań, we show that high-skilled return migrants have an impact on economic development by acting as both investors and innovators, i.e. that they transfer and successfully integrate financial means as well as different types of knowledge into these local economies. Furthermore, the Polish example illustrates that social relations and institutional context are crucial in understanding how high-skilled return migrants contribute to knowledge-based development.

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“…The concept of 'return preparedness', proposed by Jean-Pierre Cassarino (2004), builds on earlier 'structuralist' accounts of return migration which contended that for return to be sustainable, migrants must readapt to social norms and economic and political © 2015 The Author(s) structures in the place to which they return (Cerase 1974;Gmelch 1980). 9 These factors can be summarized as 'vested interests and traditional ways of thinking' (Cerase 1974: 258).…”

Section: Ict and Return Preparedness: Mobilizing Influence And Managimentioning

confidence: 99%