Transnational Social Capital in Migration: The example of Educational Migration between Bulgaria and Germany
Abstract: Focusing on student migration from Bulgaria to Germany, this article examines what types of social capital are accumulated, transformed and implemented through migration, who profits from the investment, and how. The empirical work consists of 60 narrative biographical interviews with migrants and returnees to Bulgaria. The research reveals that the accumulation and investment of social capital takes place throughout the migratory trajectory - starting well before leaving - and is embedded in a transnational social space. Transnational networks exist as family, peer and professional networks, and all of them have a specific meaning for the migrants. Family networks are naturally present; they provide bonding social capital and thus have a stabilizing function for the individual’s identity. Professional networks have a strongly bridging function, helping the young migrants to manage status transitions. After return the transnational social capital acquired during the migratory stay
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
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Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: Social Inclusion ; 7 (2019) 4 ; 232-242
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Veröffentlichung
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Mannheim
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SSOAR - Social Science Open Access Repository
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2019
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- DOI
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10.17645/si.v7i4.2390
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021042716485378391405
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Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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25.03.2025, 13:47 MEZ
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Beteiligte
- Glorius, Birgit
- SSOAR - Social Science Open Access Repository
Entstanden
- 2019