Transnational Relationships: The Struggle to Communicate Across Borders

Mahler, Sarah J.

doi:10.1080/1070289x.2001.9962679

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“…Moreover, there has been a tendency to focus on transnational relationships and/or marriage migration of immigrants with native partners (e.g. Mahler, 2001;Beck-Gernsheim, 2007;Timmerman et al, 2009;ter Wal et al, 2008) or between individuals from a non-European culture with an EU-national (see for example van Huis, 2007). Studies into European bi-national couples, as mentioned earlier, are still scarce (Koelet et al, 2011;Díez Medrano et al, 2014).…”

Section: Intermarriage In a Migration Contextmentioning

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Falling in love with(in) Europe: European bi-national love relationships, European identification and transnational solidarity

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2015

European Union Politics

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Love is often a key factor in migration decisions. Partner relationships and union formation have also been identified as forming an intrinsic part of intra-European migration. Nevertheless, empirical research into intra-European love migration remains rather scarce. In this paper, we focus on the often neglected but substantial intra-European moves. We analyse the relationship between bi-national couple formation, identification as a European and European transnational solidarity. The analyses are based on the EUMARR survey, investigating bi-national marriages in a unified Europe, comparing European bi-national and uni-national couples. In this paper, we focus on the Netherlands (n = 898) and compare Dutch–Dutch with Dutch–EU couples. Our findings indicate that bi-national couples are more likely to identify as European compared to uni-national couples, but this is not reflected in more solidarity to European countries in times of crisis. Implications of these findings are discussed in light of the European integration process.

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Section: Intermarriage In a Migration Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Falling in love with(in) Europe: European bi-national love relationships, European identification and transnational solidarity

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2015

European Union Politics

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“…This new generation of ICTs is of particular significance for migrants and non-migrants who live geographically dispersed but often remain connected through transnational networks (Kissau 2012;Mahler 2001). The 'death of distance' (Cairncross 1997) is lowering the costs and lessening the risks of migration.…”

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How social media transform migrant networks and facilitate migration

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The blessings and burdens of communication: cell phones in Jamaican transnational social fields

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While increasing attention has been given to the role of the Internet and transnational cultural flows (Appadurai 1996), only recently have we turned our thoughts to how often ubiquitous new communication technologies are utilized within transnational social fields (Mahler 2001;Richman 2005). In an article that traces the rise in global phonecard usage, Steven Vertovec (2004) highlights the significant role that mundane objects like phonecards have played over the last decade, particularly in the lives of non-elite transnational migrants. While noting that the use of phonecards has started to decline in North America, he suggests that 'a broadening of the global telephone network -especially driven by wireless technologies surrounding both telephone and Internet services -is continuing apace' in developing countries where telecommunications infrastructure has traditionally remained uneven (Vertovec 2004: 223). Jamaica is one such country.

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Transnational Relationships: The Struggle to Communicate Across Borders

Cited by 122 publications

References 33 publications

Falling in love with(in) Europe: European bi-national love relationships, European identification and transnational solidarity

Falling in love with(in) Europe: European bi-national love relationships, European identification and transnational solidarity

How social media transform migrant networks and facilitate migration

The blessings and burdens of communication: cell phones in Jamaican transnational social fields

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