First trip abroad: expectations, experiences and stories of transnational Romanians

Abstract: The chapter “First trip abroad: expectations, experiences and stories of transnational Romanians” analyses transnational Romanians’ stories about their first trip abroad using the EUMEAN dataset. The concept of physical mobility is seen as a broader framework for understanding transnational and cosmopolitan behaviours as well as international migration. In order to distinguish between different types of travelling for the first trip abroad, the chapter is constructed keeping in mind the structural changes and constraints regarding physical mobility for Romanian citizens. During the transition from a communist country to a EU member state, Romanian citizens’ stories about travelling abroad for the first time fundamentally changed. Labour migrants, asylum seekers, business travellers, students or tourists left the country with different expectations and faced different problems at destination. Their attitudes toward origin and destination framed their images about the first trip abro

Angaben zum Objekt

• Standort: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Umfang: Online-Ressource, 28-44 S.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anmerkungen: Veröffentlichungsversion ; nicht begutachtet ; In: Croitoru, Alin (Hg.), Sandu, Dumitru (Hg.), Tudor, Elena (Hg.): Romanians’ Social Transnationalism in the Making. 2014. S. 28-44

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Romanians’ Social Transnationalism in the Making ; Bd. 8 ; EUCROSS Working Paper ; Bd. 8

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wo): Mannheim
• (wann): 2014
• Urheber: Croitoru, Alin
• Beteiligte Personen und Organisationen: Croitoru, Alin ; Sandu, Dumitru ; Tudor, Elena

Weitere Informationen

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-395343
• Rechteinformation: Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 25.03.2025, 13:50 MEZ