Return migration to Afghanistan : moving back or moving forward? /: moving back or moving forward?. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Marieke van Houte.
• Authors: Houte, Marieke van
• Contents: Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1: Introduction; 1.1 The Rise of Return Migration as a Multi-­tool for Policy; 1.1.1 From Cold War Protection to Return Migrants as Agents of Change; 1.1.2 Return as Restoring Order: Is Return Going Home?; 1.1.3 Return as Change: Contributing to Human Capital and Peace or Perpetuating Inequality and Conflict?; 1.1.4 What Kind of Returnees? Meanings of and Motivations for Mobility; 1.1.5 The Need for a Broader Perspective; 1.2 Research Question 1.3 Theoretical Perspectives on Return and Development: Structure, Agency, or Structure and Agency?1.3.1 Neoclassical Approach: Optimistic Views Based on Individual Agency; 1.3.2 Structuralism: Pessimistic Views Based on Structual Constraints; 1.3.3 Post-structuralism: Agency and Structure Combined; Transnationalism: Post-structuralism in a Globalized World; 1.3.4 Embeddedness: A Multidimensional Approach to Studying Transnational Realities; 1.4 Methods; 1.5 Outline of This Book; 1.6 Conclusion; References; 2: Afghanistan; 2.1 Why Afghanistan as a Case Study? 2.2 A Political History of Conflict, Migration and Return2.2.1 State Building and Migration; 2.2.2 Conflicts and Migration; Escaping Communist Rule and Cold War Violence; Escaping Civil War Under Mujahedeen Rule; Escaping Ethnic Cleansing and Violence Under Taliban Rule; Post-Taliban Reconstruction, Return and Migration; 2012; 2014 and After; 2.2.3 Legacy of Four Decades of Conflict and Future Mobility Perspectives; 2.3 Afghan Migration to Europe; 2.3.1 Composition of the Group of Afghans in Europe; 2.3.2 Experiences of Return from Europe to Afghanistan Return with Permanent Legal Status in the Host Country Return Without Permanent Legal Status in the Host Country; 2.4 Conclusion; References; 3: Meanings of and Motivations for Return; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Structure and Agency, Capacities and Desires in Return; 3.2.1 Structure and Agency; 3.2.2 Desire and Capacity; 3.2.3 Towards a Comprehensive Framework; 3.3 Structural Reality of Afghan Conflict and Migration; 3.4 Narratives of Return; 3.4.1 Return Without Permanent Legal Status in the Host Country; 3.4.2 Return with Permanent Legal Status in the Host Country 3.5 Conclusion: Deconstructing the Meanings of and Motivations for ReturnReferences; 4: The Hierarchization of Migration; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Multidimensional Embeddedness; 4.3 "Waves" of Afghan Migration; 4.4 Voluntary and Involuntary Return; 4.4.1 Nadir; 4.4.2 Omar; 4.5 Discussion: Migration and Return Migration as a Reinforcement of Socio-Economic Stratification; 4.6 Conclusion; References; 5: Love (n)or Marriage; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Sample and Methods; 5.3 Identity, Marriage, Migration and Change
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 237 pages)
• Subjects: 304.809581; Social sciences; Return migration -- Afghanistan; Migration; Peace; Social policy; Economic development; Social change; Area studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration; Emigration and immigration -- Government policy; Return migration; Political Science -- Peace; Political Science -- Public Policy -- Social Policy; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Peace studies & conflict resolution; Central government policies; Development studies; Regional studies; Social Science -- Emigration & Immigration; Migration, immigration & emigration; Afghanistan -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy; Afghanistan; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319407753; 3319407759
• Related ISBNs: 9783319407746
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 3, 2017).
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