Migration and (im)mobility biographical experiences of Polish migrants in Germany and Canada

In her endeavour to overcome the established methodological, conceptual, and empirical dualism of mobility and migration, Anna Xymena Wieczorek develops a "mobilities perspective" by combining migration studies theories with approaches of the mobility studies. With the help of rich empiric...

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Corporate Author: Knowledge Unlatched - KU Select 2020: Backlist Collection funder (funder)
Other Authors: Wieczorek, Anna Xymena, 1985- author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bielefeld, Germany : Transcript [2018]
Edition:1st ed
Series:Kultur und soziale Praxis.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009654003706719
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter 1 Contents 5 List of Tables, Figures, and Abbreviations 9 Acknowledgements 11 Introduction: How We Think of Migration and Mobility 13 1 From "Classical" and "New" Approaches in Migration Studies to the "Mobilities Perspective" on Migration 27 2 (Im)Mobile Individuals: Studying Their Biographies 67 Excursus on the Country of Origin: Poland 89 3 Immobility: The Immobile Pattern of Mobility 101 4 Transmobility: The Transnational Pattern of Mobility 145 5 Cosmobility: The Cosmopolitan Pattern of Mobility 219 6 Revisiting Migration through the Patterns of (Im)Mobility 261 Conclusion: How to Rethink Migration and Mobility 293 References 297