Abstract
Crossing boundaries in the context of migration is often associated with border crossings, where boundaries are seen merely as demarcating nation states. Yet, migration, like other global phenomena, has become more complex than just leaving one nation-state for another. Recent literature on migration speaks of migrants as constantly moving, crossing national borders not only to settle in the host country, but in order to carry out business or to visit relatives abroad, forming transient transnational communities (Gardner 1995; Raj 1997; Kroes 2000; Rouse 2002; Rex 2003).
Migrants from Eastern Europe are particularly notorious for relatively unobstructed border-crossings, as thousands of...
Migrants from Eastern Europe are particularly notorious for relatively unobstructed border-crossings, as thousands of...
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Crossing European Boundaries |
Subtitle of host publication | Beyond Conventional Geographical Categories |
Editors | Jaro Stacul, Christina Moutsou, Helen Kopnina |
Place of Publication | Oxford |
Publisher | Berghahn Books |
Chapter | 6 |
Pages | 103-119 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Edition | 1st |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781782387251 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781845453053, 9781845451509 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2006 |
Externally published | Yes |
Publication series
Name | New Directions in Anthropology |
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Publisher | Berghahn Books |
Volume | 24 |