Research Handbook on the Sociology of Migration

Edited by Giuseppe Sciortino, Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento, Italy, Martina Cvajner, Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Trento, Italy and Peter J. Kivisto, Emeritus Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Augustana College, USA

• Contents:Introduction. The sociology of migration: where has it been and where is it going? 1Martina Cvajner, Peter J. Kivisto, and Giuseppe SciortinoPART I KEY CONCEPTS1 Mobility, immobility, and migration 12Nicholas DeMaria Harney2 Borders and boundaries 23Giuseppe Sciortino3 Migration categories and the politics of labeling 34Leila Hadj Abdou and Federica Zardo4 Gender 46Johanna Leinonen5 Migration chains and migration networks: researching migration asa social process 60Remus Gabriel Anghel6 Sequences and transitions in migration 74Russell King and Ronald Skeldon7 Migration systems 86Oliver Bakewell8 Migration policies and politics 96Joaquín Arango9 Migration and border regimes 109Bernd Kasparek10 Contexts of reception 122Ayumi Takenaka11 Theorizing modes of incorporation 133Peter J. Kivisto12 Diversity and super-diversity 143Ivano Bison and Daniel Joseph Belback13 Inclusion and exclusion 156Gabriel Echeverría and Claudia Finotelli14 Remittances in a world of uncertainty and insecurity 167Ibrahim Sirkeci15 Transnationalism and the making of diasporas 181Thomas Lacroix16 Children of immigrants and the second generation 192Davide Azzolini and Philipp SchnellPART II METHODS AND TECHNIQUES17 Secondary analysis of government and official data on internationalmigration 206Corrado Bonifazi18 Ethnography in migration studies: an everlasting love? 215Martina Cvajner19 Quantitative surveys on migration 227Erik Vickstrom and Cris Beauchemin20 Connecting with connected migrants: exploring the field of digitalmigration studies 243Bernadette Nadya Jaworsky21 Toward the use of emotions as a methodological technique for theempirical analysis of migration 258Elizabeth Aranda, Girsea Martinez Rosas, and Rebecca Blackwell22 Network analysis 272Başak Bilecen23 Visual methods in migration research 285Susan BallPART III SITES, PLACES, AND SPHERES24 Sending communities, social spheres, and households: what can belearned about migration 300Jeffrey H. Cohen25 Borders, embassies, and visas: the lessons of sociological lenses 307Federica Infantino26 Workplaces and labor markets 319Mattia Vitiello27 Migration in families and households 328Heather M. Wurtz and Heide Castañeda28 Housing and home 340Enrico Fravega and Paolo Boccagni29 Sociabilities: kin, friends, and acquaintances in international migration 351Rocco Molinari30 Migrant associations and communities 363Margit Fauser31 Migration and the welfare state 375Grete Brochmann32 The religious migrant 387Tuomas Martikainen33 Sport and migration 400Max Mauro34 Migration, museums, (and archives) 411Aleksandra KubicaIndex 423

‘On the whole, the volume provides a good synthesis of the subfield of sociology of migration and the similar structure of the chapters testify to the editors’ care in ensuring consistency throughout the book.’