Social Transformation and Migration: National and Local Experiences in South Korea, Turkey, Mexico and Australia (Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship)

"This book examines theories and specific experiences of international migration and social transformation, with special reference to the effects of neo-liberal globalization on four societies with vastly different historical and cultural characteristics: South Korea, Australia, Turkey and Mexico. All of these countries have undergone far-reaching changes linked to incorporation of their economics into global value chains over the last decades. At the same time they have experienced new forms of immigration and emigration, which are closely related to the interaction between global forces and national and local forms of adaptation and resistance. Social Transformation and Migration conceptualizes migration not as the result of change nor a cause of change, but as an integral component of these transformation processes" Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Front Matter....Pages 1-2 International Human Mobility: Key Issues and Challenges to Social Theory....Pages 3-14 Front Matter....Pages 15-15 Towards a Multi-scalar Methodology: The Challenges of Studying Social Transformation and International Migration....Pages 17-32 The Virtues and Challenges of Comparative Analyses of Immigration, Migrant Settlement and Transnationalism....Pages 33-44 The Temporalities of International Migration: Implications for Ethnographic Research....Pages 45-60 Front Matter....Pages 61-61 The Political Economy of Immigration in South Korea....Pages 63-79 An Overview of International Migration to South Korea....Pages 81-95 From Salt Fields to ‘Multicultural Village Special Zone’: The Transformation of a Migrant City in South Korea....Pages 97-112 Front Matter....Pages 113-113 Migration Realities and State Responses: Rethinking International Migration Policies in Turkey....Pages 115-131 Turkey’s Neoliberal Transformation and Changing Migration Regime: The Case of Female Migrant Workers....Pages 133-150 Migration Flows in Turkey’s Neoliberal Era: The Case of Kumkapı, Istanbul....Pages 151-166 Front Matter....Pages 167-167 From Casa Blanca to Tulsa: A Social Transformation Analysis of Mexican Migration in an Era of Neoliberal Globalization....Pages 169-184 The Return of Migrants in the USA to Mexico: Impacts and Challenges for Zacatecas....Pages 185-200 Unravelling Highly Skilled Migration from Mexico in the Context of Neoliberal Globalization....Pages 201-217 Front Matter....Pages 219-219 ‘In the beginning all is chaos ...’: Roaming the Dystopic Realm in Australian Multiculturalism....Pages 221-236 Multiculturalism at the Margins of Global Sydney: Cacophonous Diversity in Fairfield, Australia....Pages 237-254 The Political Economy of the Social Transformation of Australian Suburbs....Pages 255-268 Law as an Agent of Social Transformation: Trends in the Legal Regulation of Migration....Pages 269-282 Generations and Change: Affinities Old and New....Pages 283-297 Front Matter....Pages 299-299 International Migration in an Era of Neoliberal Social Transformation....Pages 301-312 Back Matter....Pages 313-325