Migration in the Southern Balkans : : From Ottoman Territory to Globalized Nation States.

• Superior document: IMISCOE Research Series
• Author: Vermeulen, Hans.
• TeilnehmendeR: Baldwin-Edwards, Martin.; van Boeschoten, Riki van.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2015.; ©2015.
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: IMISCOE Research Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (219 pages)

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Preface
• Note on Transliteration
• Contents
• Contributors
• Chapter-1
• Introduction
• 1.1 Migration in Ottoman Times
• 1.2 Heterogeneity and Homogeneity in the Southern Balkans During the Last Period of Ottoman Rule
• 1.3 Creating National Identities
• 1.4 Unmixing Populations and 'Cleaning' the National Territory: Forced and 'Voluntary' Migration in the Age of NationStateFormation
• 1.5 World War II and its Aftermath
• 1.6 The Cold War Period (1947-1989)
• 1.7 The Post-Communist Political Upheavals
• 1.7.1 The Early Migration Phase
• 1.7.2 The Consolidation Phase (1997-2008): Limited Peace, Regularizations and Border Controls
• 1.7.3 Post Economic Crisis
• 1.8 Epilogue
• References
• Chapter-2
• The Balkan Gurbet: Traditional Patterns and New Trends
• 2.1 Traditions of Labour Mobility
• 2.2 Past Tradition I: Agrarian and Pastoral Labour Mobility
• 2.3 Past Tradition II: Seasonal Labour Migration ( Gurbet) of Builders
• 2.4 Past Tradition III: Cross-Border Labour Mobility
• 2.5 Past Traditions and New Trends
• References
• Chapter-3
• Refugees as Tools of Irredentist Policies in Interwar Bulgaria
• 3.1 Early Population Exchanges
• 3.2 Demographic Consequences of World War I and the Peace Settlements
• 3.3 Instrumentalizing the Refugees
• 3.4 Refugees Serving State Interests
• 3.5 The Last Options: Minority Rights
• 3.6 Keeping the Torch Burning
• 3.7 Conclusion
• References
• Chapter-4
• Resettlement Waves, Historical Memory and Identity Construction: The Case of Thracian Refugees in Bulgaria
• 4.1 Population Movements and the Bulgarian Population in Thrace Since the Late Nineteenth Century
• 4.2 Accommodation, Adaptation, and Identity Construction of Thracian Refugees
• 4.3 The Role of Thracian Associations
• 4.4 Reasserting Thracian Identity After 1989
• 4.5 Conclusion
• References.
• Chapter-5
• The Changing Waves of Migration from the Balkans to Turkey: A Historical Account
• 5.1 The Late Ottoman Period
• 5.2 The Early Years of the Republic
• 5.3 The Cold War Years
• 5.4 Current Stage
• 5.5 Conclusion
• References
• Chapter-6
• 'For us, Migration is Ordinary': Post-1989 Labour Migration from Bulgaria to Turkey
• 6.1 The Migration of the Bulgarian Turks from Bulgaria to Turkey: A Story of Falling from Grace?
• 6.2 'For us, Migration is Ordinary'
• 6.3 'No Matter What we do, Nothing Comes of it…'
• 6.4 Harmonizing 'Illegality'
• References
• Chapter-7
• Albanian Immigrants in the Greek City: Spatial 'Invisibility' and Identity Management as a Strategy of Adaptation
• 7.1 Albanians in Thessaloniki: A Spatially 'Invisible' Migratory Group
• 7.2 Identity Negotiation and Collective 'Social Inconspicuousness'
• 7.3 The 'Cultural Legacy'
• 7.3.1 Albania and the Albanians: Negative memories of the homeland, negative perceptions of the national self
• 7.3.2 Legacies of the Past and 'Flexible Religious Practices'
• 7.4 Conclusion
• References
• Chapter-8
• Albanian Seasonal Work Migration to Greece: A Case of Last Resort?
• 8.1 Albanian Migration to Greece: Background
• 8.2 Rural Life and Agriculture in Albania
• 8.3 Methods and Fieldwork Sites
• 8.4 The Bean Farm and the Peach Orchard: Working and Living in Rural Greece
• 8.4.1 Working and Living Conditions for Agricultural Workers
• 8.4.2 Migrants' Profiles
• 8.5 Back Home in the Albanian Village: Survival or Development?
• 8.6 Conclusion
• References
• Chapter-9
• Transnational Mobility and the Renegotiation of Gender Identities: Albanian and Bulgarian Migrants in Greece
• 9.1 Gender and Migration: Some Recent Theoretical Insights
• 9.2 Gender Relations in Albania and Bulgaria: Historical Perspectives.
• 9.3 Gendered Journeys: Living Betwixt and Between
• 9.3.1 Albanian Men: Wounded Masculinities
• 9.3.2 Bulgarian Men: Mixed Masculinities
• 9.3.3 Albanian Women: Escaping 'Fanaticism'
• 9.3.4 Bulgarian Women: 'Male Women' and Broken Families
• 9.4 Addressing the Questions
• References
• Chapter-10
• Labour Migration and other Forms of Mobility Between Bulgaria and Greece: The Evolution of a Cross-Border Migration System
• 10.1 Migration Dynamics Between Bulgaria and Greece
• 10.2 Socio-Economic Incorporation of Bulgarian Immigrants in Greece
• 10.3 New (and Older) Mobilities: Cross-Border Flows Between Bulgaria and Greece
• 10.4 Conclusion
• References
• Appendix.