Second Generation and Migrant Capital in the Transnational Space: The Case of Young Kurds in France
Transnational ties, networks, and mobilities can constitute a social resource for diaspora communities. Resources available as a result of the migration process or transnational ties can potentially become capitalised by diaspora members. Yet, diaspora members cannot automatically capitalise on all...
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| description | Transnational ties, networks, and mobilities can constitute a social resource for diaspora communities. Resources available as a result of the migration process or transnational ties can potentially become capitalised by diaspora members. Yet, diaspora members cannot automatically capitalise on all transnational networks and ties, and only resources that are mobilisable within particular transnational networks constitute “migrant capital” (Anthias, 2007; Ryan, 2011). Migrants’ children have grown up in “transnational social space,” in a social setting that is embedded with multiple sets of interconnected networks of social relationships, memberships, identities, and mobilities of cross-border character (Levitt, 2009). Little is known on whether such transnational networks function as a mobilisable social resource, i.e., migrant capital, for the second generation. This study focuses on the transnational ties, practices, and mobilities of second-generation Kurds in France and examines whether those constitute a mobilisable resource for them. It specifically asks if second-generation members intent to or have capitalised on such resources in the transnational social space. The study sheds light on the workings of transnational resources in the lives of the second generation and asks about the extent to which they can be considered migrant capital. The analysis draws from a qualitative dataset such as interviews and observations collected with second-generation Kurds in France. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-95eb379a633541849aeadc87f944cd1e2022-12-22T02:08:05ZengCogitatioSocial Inclusion2183-28032019-12-017424325210.17645/si.v7i4.23281275Second Generation and Migrant Capital in the Transnational Space: The Case of Young Kurds in FranceMari Toivanen0The Swedish School of Social Science, University of Helsinki, FinlandTransnational ties, networks, and mobilities can constitute a social resource for diaspora communities. Resources available as a result of the migration process or transnational ties can potentially become capitalised by diaspora members. Yet, diaspora members cannot automatically capitalise on all transnational networks and ties, and only resources that are mobilisable within particular transnational networks constitute “migrant capital” (Anthias, 2007; Ryan, 2011). Migrants’ children have grown up in “transnational social space,” in a social setting that is embedded with multiple sets of interconnected networks of social relationships, memberships, identities, and mobilities of cross-border character (Levitt, 2009). Little is known on whether such transnational networks function as a mobilisable social resource, i.e., migrant capital, for the second generation. This study focuses on the transnational ties, practices, and mobilities of second-generation Kurds in France and examines whether those constitute a mobilisable resource for them. It specifically asks if second-generation members intent to or have capitalised on such resources in the transnational social space. The study sheds light on the workings of transnational resources in the lives of the second generation and asks about the extent to which they can be considered migrant capital. The analysis draws from a qualitative dataset such as interviews and observations collected with second-generation Kurds in France.https://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/2328diasporafrancekurdishmigrant capitalsecond generationtransnationalism |
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| title | Second Generation and Migrant Capital in the Transnational Space: The Case of Young Kurds in France |
| title_full | Second Generation and Migrant Capital in the Transnational Space: The Case of Young Kurds in France |
| title_fullStr | Second Generation and Migrant Capital in the Transnational Space: The Case of Young Kurds in France |
| title_full_unstemmed | Second Generation and Migrant Capital in the Transnational Space: The Case of Young Kurds in France |
| title_short | Second Generation and Migrant Capital in the Transnational Space: The Case of Young Kurds in France |
| title_sort | second generation and migrant capital in the transnational space the case of young kurds in france |
| topic | diaspora france kurdish migrant capital second generation transnationalism |
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