Work and migration : life and livelihoods in a globalizing world /

Work and migration : life and livelihoods in a globalizing world / edited by Ninna Nyberg Sørensen and Karen Fog Olwig. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2003. - 1 online resource (x, 229 pages) - Transnationalism. Routledge research in transnationalism ; 4 . - Transnationalism. Routledge research in transnationalism ; 4. .

Originally published 2002 by Routledge.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mobile livelihoods: making a living in the world / Karen Fog Olwig & Ninna Nyberg Sørensen -- Representing the local: mobile livelihood practices in the Peruvian Central Sierra / Ninna Nyberg Sørensen -- Mobile minds and socio-economic barriers: livelihoods and African-American identification among youth in Nairobi / Bodil Folke Frederiksen -- Mobility, rootedness, and the Caribbean higgler: production, consumption and transnational livelihoods / Carla Freeman -- A "respectable" livelihood: mobility and identity in a Caribbean family / Karen Fog Olwig -- "You must win their affection ... ": migrants' social and cultural practices between Peru and Italy / Carla Tamagno -- Business as usual: livelihood strategies and migration practice in the Peruvian diaspora / Karsten Paerregaard -- The moving "expert": a study of mobile professionals in the Cayman Islands and North America / Vered Amit -- Irse pa' fuera: the mobile livelihoods of circular migrants between Puerto Rico and the United States / Jorge Duany -- Transnational livelihoods and identities in return migration to the Caribbean: the case of skilled returnees to Jamaica / Elizabeth Thomas-Hope -- The final move?--Displaced livelihoods and collective returns in Peru and Guatemala / Finn Stepputat.

Using case studies from those who have moved either transnationally or within their own country, international contributions offer various definitions of what it means to make a living on the move. Using case-studies from those who have moved either transnationally or internally within their own country, international contributors offer various definitions of what it means to make a living on the move. Using case-studies from those who have moved either transnationally or internally within their own country, international contributors offer various definitions of what it means to make a living on the move.

020316623X (electronic bk.) 9780203166239 (electronic bk.) (Cloth) (Cloth)


Foreign workers.
Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects.
Globalization--Economic aspects.
Émigration et immigration--Aspect économique.
Mondialisation.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Labor & Industrial Relations.
Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects.
Foreign workers.
Globalization--Economic aspects.
Employment opportunities.
Migrant workers.
Rural-urban migration.
Professional workers.
Return migration.
Income sources.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.

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