Migrant Friendships in a Super-Diverse City

Russian-Speakers and their Social Relationships in London in the 21st Century
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-3-8382-0702-5
Verlag: ibidem

Buch, Englisch, Band 148, 200 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Reihe: Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society

This timely book offers an integrative and critical approach to the conceptualization of diversity of social ties in contemporary urban migrant populations. It explores the informal relationships of migrants in London and how the construction and the dynamics of their social ties function as a part of urban sociality within the super-diversity of London. Based on the results of a qualitative study of Russian-speaking migrants, it targets the four main themes of transnationalism, ethnicity, cosmopolitanization, and friendship. Acknowledging the complexity of the ways in which contemporary migrants rely on social relationships, the author argues that this complexity cannot be fully grasped by theories of transnationalism or explanations of ethnic communities alone. Instead, one can gather a closer understanding of migrant sociality when adding the analysis of informal relationships in different locations and with different subjects. This book suggests that friendship should be seen as an important concept for all research on migrant social connections.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Malyutina, Darya

Weitere Mitwirkende

Dwyer, Claire

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Kultureller Wandel, Kulturkontakt, Akkulturation
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Sozialethnologie: Familie, Gender, Soziale Gruppen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of tables
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction
1. Limits of transnationalism
2. Ethnicity and social relationships
3. Localising friends
4. Choosing friends
5. Rethinking friends
Conclusion
Appendix 1: Data on research participants
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Darya Malyutina is a social scientist researching post-Soviet and Russian-speaking migration to the UK, super-diversity, informal relationships, transnationalism, and cross-border political practices.