TY - JOUR
T1 - The networked character of migration and transnationalism
AU - Lubbers , Miranda Jessica
AU - Bilecen, Başak
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Thomas Faist for his extensive comments on the earlier versions of this manuscript. We are grateful to Mario L. Small and the participants of his research class at Harvard University for their constructive feedback.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Authors. Global Networks published by Global Networks Partnership and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
PY - 2021/10
Y1 - 2021/10
N2 - Acknowledgement of the prominent role of social networks in migration studies marked a significant departure from earlier studies, suggesting that social networks determine migration decisions, trajectories, and outcomes. While social network analytical tools have not always been used in empirical investigations of migratory phenomena, studies on migration that use relational approaches also show an inherent network thinking. In this paper, we review the state of the art of the literature on migration and social networks, highlighting the advances made by empirical research using network thinking, particularly in different stages of migration and for operationalizing transnational phenomena related to migration. Based on this review, we detect the role of networks in different stages of migration, and we reflect on the remaining challenges for future research regarding the role of social networks within migration scholarship.
AB - Acknowledgement of the prominent role of social networks in migration studies marked a significant departure from earlier studies, suggesting that social networks determine migration decisions, trajectories, and outcomes. While social network analytical tools have not always been used in empirical investigations of migratory phenomena, studies on migration that use relational approaches also show an inherent network thinking. In this paper, we review the state of the art of the literature on migration and social networks, highlighting the advances made by empirical research using network thinking, particularly in different stages of migration and for operationalizing transnational phenomena related to migration. Based on this review, we detect the role of networks in different stages of migration, and we reflect on the remaining challenges for future research regarding the role of social networks within migration scholarship.
KW - social networks
KW - migration
KW - mobility
KW - transnationalism
KW - network analysis
KW - relational approaches
KW - migration and mobility
UR - https://ddd.uab.cat/record/284211
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UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/85de7267-c563-3bef-bf1b-b0146f04e635/
U2 - 10.1111/glob.12317
DO - 10.1111/glob.12317
M3 - Article
SN - 1470-2266
VL - 21
SP - 837
EP - 852
JO - Global Networks
JF - Global Networks
IS - 4
ER -