Coming Home to an (un)familiar Country: The Strategies of Returning Migrants
In: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship Ser.
Intro -- Preface -- Note -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction: Migratory Streams in Europe and Poland -- 1.1 Out-Migration and Return Migration in the Post-war History of Europe and Poland -- 1.2 Departures and Returns After the Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Enlargement of the EU in 2004 -- References -- 2 What Do We Know and How Can We Learn More About Homecoming? -- 2.1 The Literature and State of Scholarship on Return Migration -- 2.2 The Theoretical Framework -- 2.3 The Main Concepts and Project Methodology -- References -- 3 The Structural Background of Migration and Homecoming in Europe After 2004 -- 3.1 Demographic and Economic Transformations -- 3.2 Patterns of Social Mobility -- 3.3 Immigration Policies on Return Migration -- 3.4 Technology and Communication -- 3.5 Values and Norms -- 3.6 Discourse, Attitudes, and Social Opinions on Migration and Homecoming -- References -- 4 Homecomers' Perceptions of Opportunities and Constraints in the Migration Cycle -- 4.1 Life in Central and Eastern Europe Before Migration -- 4.2 Migratory Experiences in Western and Southern Europe -- 4.3 Return Migration and Reintegration -- References -- 5 Aspects of Return Migrants' Strategies -- 5.1 Ways of Acting in Response to Structural Properties -- 5.2 Communications and Emotional Processing -- 5.3 Social Mobility -- 5.4 Acquiring and Transferring Resources: Structural Processing -- 5.5 Social Networks and the Importance of Place -- 5.6 The Result of Acculturation and Reacculturation: Identity and Personality -- References -- 6 One of Us or Stranger? A Taxonomy of Homecomers -- 6.1 The Affirmative Return of the Conservative -- 6.2 The Affirmative Return of the Innovator -- 6.3 The Affirmative Return of the Maladjusted -- 6.4 The Return of the World Citizen.