Life Strategies of Migrants from Crisis Regimes

TRAMA

This book offers a profoundly new examination of life strategies of migrants from regimes in crisis. By focusing on the unique paired comparison of two opposing life strategies—the dynamic, risk-taking and future-oriented ‘achievement life strategy’ and the conservative, risk-minimizing and survival-oriented ‘survival life strategy’—this volume takes migration from post-independence Ukraine to Australia as a central case study to show how people shape their lives in response to regime transitions and crises; what life strategies individuals pursue to cope with social change; and why these individuals chose migration to Australia. Ultimately, the book compels us to reassess what we mean by migration and regime crisis in order to adequately respond to the global challenges confronting numerous democracies today. As such, it will appeal to scholars of sociology and politics with interests in migration, political theory and democracy.

SOMMARIO

Part One - Concepts and Contexts Chapter 1. Life Strategy, Migration and Regime Transition 1.1. Life Strategy and Migration 1.2. Regime Transition: from Western to post-Soviet East European Perspectives 1.3. Conceptualising Life Strategy Chapter 2. Life Strategy Research Framework 2.1. Conceptual Framework 2.2. Mapping Mixed Methodology Part Two – Leaving Europe Chapter 3. Leaving the Regime in Crisis: Structural Context Shaping Life Strategies 3.1. Economic Situation 3.2. Political Situation 3.3. Migration Dynamics Chapter 4. Why Migration? Individual Context of Survival and Achievement  4.1. Leaving for Survival: Aims, Values, Needs, Agency 4.2. Leaving for Achievement: Aims, Values, Needs, Agency Chapter 5. Migration Pathways: Popular Visas, Streams and Tactics 5.1. Survival Pathways: Humanitarian and Family Reunion Stream 5.2. Achievement Pathways: Skilled and Marriage Migration Streams Part Three – Becoming Australian Chapter 6. ‘Survival Migrants’: Challenges and Opportunities 6.1. Survival Occupational Experiences 6.2. Class Mobility 6.3. Adaptation: Maximising Profits, Minimising Integration 6.4. National Identity, Emotions and Life Strategy Shifts Chapter 7. Patterns of ‘Achievement’ 7.1. Migration Dividends 7.2. Occupational Experiences: Anchor and Bricolage Careers 7.3. Successful Integration and Australian Identity 7.4. Future Plans Aimed at Achievement Part Four – Achievers vs. Survivors: Comparative Perspective Chapter 8. Achievers vs. Survivors: Dynamics and Trends 8.1. Two Life Strategy Profiles 8.2. Life Strategy Model: Research Limitations and Future Research 8.3. Concluding Remarks

AUTORE

Olga Oleinikova is Lecturer and Director of the Ukraine Democracy Initiative in the School of Communication at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. 

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9783030398385
• Dimensioni: 210 x 148 mm Ø 592 gr
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Illustration Notes: XI, 257 p. 7 illus. in color.
• Pagine Arabe: 257
• Pagine Romane: xi