Brokerage in Cross-Border Mobility: Social Mechanisms and the (Re)Production of Social Inequalities

Brokerage is an essential yet understudied function in social life. In one of the classics in the field of sociology, Georg Simmel differentiated three types of the “third” which help to analyse brokerage: the disinterested mediator or arbitrator, tertius gaudens and divide et impera. Studies that c...

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Main Author: Thomas Faist
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cogitatio 2014-12-01
Series:Social Inclusion
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Online Access:https://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/29