Transnationalism

Question 1

multiple socializations

Answer 1

Socialization of many transmigrant children takes place in an interconnected social space encompassing both the culture of the sending and receiving countries

Question 2

structural ambivalence

Answer 2

The coexistence of opposing attitudes in immigration policies
Contradiction
‘Desired’ vs. ‘Unwanted’ immigrants

Question 3

paradigm shift

Answer 3

New vocabulary ‘opportunities’
’agents of development’
‘migrants’ contributions to development’

Question 4

global chains

Answer 4

instead of global north/south and developing/developed, piper suggests (migration within the north, migration within the south, North to the South….) Our knowledge is not constrained or blocked by the labels that are socially constructed and can be misleading

Question 5

migrants and social change

Answer 5

. They are not just passive labourers who are subject to control by global capitalism. Instead, They want to be involved in the political process in which they attempt to get their voices and concerns heard.

Question 6

social dimensions of migration

Answer 6

Social welfare policy (Macro) 
Social remittances (Macro)
The ‘social impact’ of Migration on the sending family/household (Meso & Micro- interpersonal relationship)

Question 7

The likelihood/propensities for someone to migrate: five levels

Answer 7

(1) Individual(2) Familial(3) Societal(4) Economic(5) State (policies)

Question 8

Immigration Regimes

Answer 8

Countries with well-established immigration admission criteria (USA, Canada, Australia, UK)
Countries with exclusionary immigration policies (East Asia, Middle East)- maintaining ethnic homogeneity

Question 9

Theoretical Frameworks

Answer 9

(e.g., catch-up hypothesis, classic assimilation, segmented assimilation, bumpy line)