Intra-European Migration and the Mobility—Enclosure Dialectic  

Oleh:

O'Reilly, Karen

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Sociology vol. 41 no. 02 (Apr. 2007), page 277–293.
Topik: enclosure; Europe; globalization; integration; migration; mobility; residential tourism; Spain; transnational elite
Fulltext: 277.pdf (144.28KB)

Isi artikel

European migrants to Spain’s coastal areas could be described as the archetypal elite transmigrant. Embodying Papastergiadis’ spectre of placeless capital and the homeless subject, ‘residential tourists’ make creative use of modern communication technologies and increasingly accessible air travel to construct fluid migration trajectories, employing transnational affective and instrumental networks. However, research on British migrants to Spain has revealed a high incidence of social, cultural, economic, and political exclusion. Following a dream of starting a new life in a new place, some migrants do not wish to transcend the assimilationist model, nor have the resources to depend on transnational ties.Their dream is integration, but the tensions inherent in the mobility–enclosure dialectic – the contradictions between freedom of movement and the reassertion of the nation state, an ambiguous status in Spanish society, their own ambivalent attitudes – constrain both assimilation and their ability to transcend it and lead to marginalization.

Opini Anda

Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini!

Kembali