East European diasporas, migration and cosmopolitanism / / edited by Ulrike Ziemer and Sean P. Roberts

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462781203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-283-91963-X; 0-203-08112-9; 1-136-17182-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (167 p.)
• Collana: BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European studies ; ; 86; BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European Studies ; ; 86
• Altri autori (Persone): RobertsSean P; ZiemerUlrike
• Disciplina: 304.80947
• Soggetti: East Europeans - Foreign countries; Electronic books.; Europe, Eastern Emigration and immigration
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: East European diasporas, migration and cosmopolitanism / Ulrike Ziemer and Sean P. Roberts -- The Past in the present : fostering cosmopolitanism -- Cosmopolitanism in practice : perspectives on the Nansen passports / Rebecka Lettevall -- Between long-distance nationalism and "rooted" cosmopolitanism? : Armenian-American engagement with their homeland / Tsypylma Darieva -- Making and re-making diasporas from former Yugoslavia -- Diaspora impact on European community policy-making : ex-Yugoslavia as a case study / Branislav Radeljic -- Diaspora, cosmopolitanism, and post-territorial citizenship in contemporary Croatia / Francesco Ragazzi -- Locating diaspora in and beyond Germany -- Cosmopolitanism in Kazakhstan : sociability, memory, and diasporic disorder / Rita Sanders -- Migration memoirs and narratives of Polish migrants in Berlin / Dorota Praszalowicz -- Exploring ethical challenges in research on migration -- The beginning and end of a beautiful friendship : ethical issues in the ethnographic study of sociality amongst Russian-speaking migrants in London / Darya Malyutina -- ; Facets of migrant identity : ethical dilemmas in research among Romanian migrants in the UK / Oana Rom.
• Sommario/riassunto: Following the demise of the USSR in 1991, and the ensuing collapse of communist regimes in Eastern Europe, widespread population movements took place across Central and Eastern Europe. Whole nations disappeared and (re)-emerged and diasporic transnational ties and belonging have experienced a revival. This book explores some of the many different facets of diasporic life and migration across Central and Eastern Europe by specifically employing the concept of cosmopolitanism. It examines aspects of migrants' everyday lives and identities, considers some of the difficulties faced by migrant m