Full Description
This book explores connections between poverty and migration in the context of the expansion of neoliberalism in Europe. The last decade has witnessed a massive movement of people in response to rising inequalities as a result of political changes and economic reforms implemented across the continent. As people seek new opportunities, movement itself becomes part of the process of generating new inequalities. The chapters in this volume provide vivid examples of local participation in such global processes.
Contents
Acknowledgements; 1. Emerging Inequalities in Europe: Poverty and Transnational Migration - Deema Kaneff and Frances Pine; 2. Capital, Family or Community in Postsocialist Rural Romania: Inequalities and Equalities - Míriam Torrens; 3. International Labour Migration, Remittances and Economic Development in Moldova - Dennis Goerlich and Matthias Luecke; 4. From Street Busking in Switzerland to Meat Factories in the UK: A Comparative Study of Two Roma Migration Networks from Slovakia - Jan Grill; 5. Transnational Migration of Bulgarian Roma - Ilona Tomova; 6. The End of Politics in Romania's Jiu Valley: Global Normalisation and the Reproduction of Inequality - David A. Kideckel; 7. Assistance Migrants in Russia: Upsetting the Hierarchies of Transitional Development - Melissa L. Caldwell; 8. Contemporary Contexts of European Migration: Concluding Thoughts - Deema Kaneff and Frances Pine; List of Contributors; Index
