Social Remittances and Social Change in Central and Eastern Europe: Embedding Migration in the Study of Society

• Autorzy: Anne White , Izabela Grabowska
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Our article considers social remittances and social change in Central and Eastern Europe. We show how migration scholarship can be embedded into the wider study of social processes and relations. 'Social remitting' sometimes seems to be little more than a slippery catchphrase; however, this article defends the concept. If it is defined carefully and used cautiously, it should help the researcher to think about what, in addition to money, is sent from one society to another and exactly how, thus shedding light on important and insufficiently studied aspects of migration. A close-up view of the processes by which ideas, practices, norms, values and, according to some definitions, social capital and social skills are transferred by migrants across international borders helps researchers to understand more precisely how migration contributes to social change or, in some cases, prevents it from occurring. Our article reviews some of the most interesting arguments and findings presented recently by other scholars and discusses aspects of social remitting which particularly interested us in our own research. The context of our research is social change in Poland: we attempt to understand how migration has contributed to wider patterns of social change since 1989 and exactly how it intertwines with other social trends and globalisation influences. This entails a careful focus on both structural conditions and agency and therefore on social remittances. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Sociology of migration; Social capital

PL

Socjologia migracji; Kapitał społeczny

• Czasopismo: Central and Eastern European Migration Review
• Rocznik: 2019
• Tom: 8
• Numer: nr 1
• Strony: 33--50

Twórcy

autor

Anne White

• UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES), UK

autor

Izabela Grabowska

• Szkoła Wyższa Psychologii Społecznej w Warszawie

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Identyfikatory

DOI

10.17467/ceemr.2019.05