European Somalis' Post-Migration Movements : : Mobility Capital and the Transnationalisation of Resources.

• Superior document: IMISCOE Research Series
• Author: Moret, Joëlle.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2018.; {copy}2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: IMISCOE Research Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (222 pages)

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Acknowledgements
• Contents
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• 1.1 Theorising Mobility Practices in Unequal Transnational Social Fields
• 1.1.1 Categories, Hierarchies and the (Re)production of Social Inequalities
• 1.1.2 A Transnational Perspective
• 1.1.3 Bringing "Mobilities" into Migration Studies
• 1.1.3.1 Mobility Versus Migration: Legal and Political Distinctions
• 1.1.3.2 A Definition Derived from Mobility Studies
• 1.2 Methodology and Methods
• 1.2.1 Methodological Transnationalism
• 1.2.2 Reflexivity: On the Researcher's Positionality in the Field
• 1.2.3 Delineating the Field: Conceptual Issues Related to the Population Under Study
• 1.2.4 An Ethnographic Approach Based on Interviews
• 1.2.5 Data-Analysis Methods
• 1.3 On Somalia and Somali Migrants: A Contextual Introduction
• 1.3.1 Recent History
• 1.3.2 Mobility and Migration from Somalia
• 1.3.3 Political, Legal and Discursive Contexts: Britain and Switzerland
• 1.3.3.1 The British Context
• 1.3.3.2 The Swiss Context
• 1.3.3.3 Concluding Remarks: On Somali Migrants Who Live in Britain and Switzerland
• Appendix: Interview Methods
• References
• Chapter 2: Typologising Cross-Border Movements in Post-Migration Life
• 2.1 An Overview of the Literature
• 2.1.1 Transnational Studies
• 2.1.1.1 Return
• 2.1.1.2 Pendular Migration
• 2.1.1.3 Secondary Migration
• 2.1.2 The Literature on Circulation
• 2.2 Post-Migration Mobility Practices: A Typology
• 2.2.1 Star-Shaped Mobility
• 2.2.1.1 Nuur
• 2.2.1.2 Aman
• 2.2.2 Pendular Mobility
• 2.2.2.1 Farhan
• 2.2.3 Secondary Migration
• 2.2.3.1 Hani
• 2.2.4 Temporary Visits to the Country of Origin
• 2.2.4.1 Awa
• 2.2.5 Definitive Return
• 2.2.6 Immobility
• 2.2.6.1 Imaan
• 2.2.6.2 Nadifa
• 2.2.7 A Visual Recap and Concluding Remarks
• 2.3 Activities on the Move.
• 2.3.1 Maintenance and Reinforcement of Personal Social Networks
• 2.3.2 Business Activities
• 2.3.3 Work-Related Activities
• 2.3.4 Voluntary Involvement in Humanitarian and Development Projects in the Region of Origin
• 2.3.5 "Homeland Politics"
• 2.4 The Places of Mobility
• 2.4.1 The Main Place of Residence: "Where I Put My Pillow"
• 2.4.2 The Place of Origin: "Where I Come From"
• 2.5 Conclusions
• References
• Chapter 3: Mobility: A Practice or a Capital?
• 3.1 The Transformation of Mobility into a Type of Capital: A Theoretical Discussion
• 3.1.1 From Resources to Capital: A Critical Introduction to Bourdieu's Theorisation of Capital
• 3.1.2 Mobility Capital and Spatial Capital
• 3.1.3 Savoir-Circuler, the Accumulation of Experiences and the Convertibility of Capital
• 3.2 Converting Economic Capital into Mobility Capital
• 3.3 Converting Legal Capital into Mobility Capital
• 3.3.1 Legal Capital: Empirical Evidence
• 3.3.2 Legal Status as a Type of Capital
• 3.3.3 The Complex Relationship Between Mobility and Immobility
• 3.4 Converting Cultural Capital into Mobility Capital
• 3.4.1 Cultural Capital in Migration Studies
• 3.4.2 Cultural Capital Acquired Before Arriving in Europe
• 3.4.3 Mobility-Specific Cultural Capital
• 3.5 Converting Social Capital into Mobility Capital
• 3.5.1 Social Capital in Migration and Mobility Studies
• 3.5.2 Empirical Evidence
• 3.5.2.1 Nuur
• 3.5.2.2 Imaan
• 3.6 Conclusions
• References
• Chapter 4: Transnationalising Resources: Three Biographies
• 4.1 Theoretical Debates on Migrants' Circulation of Capital
• 4.1.1 Social Positions and Inequalities in a Transnational Space
• 4.1.2 The Valorisation of Capital Within Specific Hierarchies
• 4.1.3 Farhan, Safia and Fatuma
• 4.2 Farhan: Penduling and Taking the Best from Two Places.
• 4.2.1 Migration to Switzerland: The Importance of Acquiring Education
• 4.2.2 The Beginning of Penduling
• 4.2.3 From Switzerland to Britain: A Secondary Move
• 4.2.4 "Closer to Somalia"
• 4.2.5 A Return to Penduling
• 4.2.6 Concluding Remarks
• 4.3 Safia: Secondary Movements and the Construction of a Transnational Future
• 4.3.1 The Migration Trajectory: A Multi-step Journey
• 4.3.2 Associational Involvement
• 4.3.3 A Transnational Future
• 4.3.4 Concluding Remarks
• 4.4 Fatuma: Star-Shaped Mobility Practices and the Intertwining Effects of Formal and Informal Business Activities
• 4.4.1 Local and Transnational Independent Economic Activities
• 4.4.2 Social Differentiation Within Local Gendered and Ethnicised Hierarchies
• 4.4.3 The Formal Local Business
• 4.4.4 Concluding Remarks
• 4.5 Conclusions
• 4.5.1 The Geographical Shift
• 4.5.2 The Shift in the Frame of Reference
• 4.5.3 Status Inconsistencies in Local and Transnational Fields
• References
• Chapter 5: Conclusion
• 5.1 A Typology of Cross-Border Post-Migration Mobility Practices
• 5.2 Challenging Taken-for-Granted Distinctions Between Migration and Mobility
• 5.3 Differentiated Forms of Transnationality
• 5.4 Mobility Capital and the State
• 5.5 From Diversified Contexts to Somali-Oriented Social Fields
• 5.6 Towards a Transnational Understanding of Incorporation
• References.