Social Networks and Migration: Relocations, Relationships and Resources

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Social Networks and Migration: Relocations, Relationships and Resources
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About the Author
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction: Embarking on a Book about Networks
	Key statement of intent
	Research career
	Embarking on a book
	Kathleen’s story
	The structure of the book
2 Conceptualising Migrant Networks: Advancing the Field of Qualitative Social Network Analysis
	Introduction
	Maryam’s story
	Looking beyond the metaphor: adopting a network lens to understand relationality
	Networks and resources: beyond the bonding and bridging capital dichotomy
	Dynamism and change over time
	Telling network stories: discursive devices and meaning making
	Conclusion
3 Researching Migration and Networks: Empirical and Methodological Innovations
	Making decisions about how to analyse the enlarged corpus of data
	Thick descriptions
	Reflexivity
	Asking questions about social ties
	Repeat interviewing over time
	Sociograms and interviews
	The presentation of the network self
	Adrianna’s story
	Conclusion
4 Social Networks and Stories of Arrival
	Introduction
	Howard’s story
	Contextualising the lure of strong ties
	Weak ties – though often in tandem with strong ties
	Romance and marriage migration: looking beyond dyads
	Negative ties
	Enter the internet – replacing the need for social networks?
	Fragile, fleeting and loose connections
	Organisational ties – Information and communication technology
	Conclusion
5 Employment, Deskilling and Reskilling: Revisiting Strong and Weak Ties
	Daragh’s story
	Being a ‘good networker’: the direct and overt role of networks in London’s financial district
	Converting cultural capital and the role of weak ties
	Drawing on social ties to navigate hostile working environments
	Co-ethnic negative social ties and the dark side of social capital
	The role of networks in restarting careers at different family life stages
	Conclusion
6 Evolving Networks in Place over Time: A Life Course Lens
	Introduction
	Irène’s story
	Making new friends in new places: students and network elasticity
	Networks and identities: beyond one-dimensional homophily
	Befriending the natives: network closure?
	Getting along with the neighbours: the enduring salience of propinquity
	Evolving networks through the life course: the role of child-based sociality
	Ageing – changing social networks through the life course
	Conclusion
7 Transnational Ties: Narrating Relationality, Resources and Dynamics over Time
	Introduction
	Agnieszka’s story
	The strength and intensity of family ties
	Family tensions and fractured transnational kinship ties
	“It’s like a different friendship”: the dynamics of transnational friendship ties
	Transnational communication over time: from writing letters to reading Facebook
	Remittances: the flow of financial resources through transnational networks
	Transnational care networks through the life course: the need for propinquity
	Transnational networks and questions of return
	Conclusion
8 Conclusion: Thoughts and Future Directions
	Introduction
	The contribution of ‘telling network stories’
	Revisiting large, longitudinal qualitative data sets
	Challenging the strong tie versus weak tie dichotomy
	Exploring the role of networks across different labour market sectors
	Analysing the dynamism of friendship ties over time
	Exploring transnational relations
	Unsettling events
	Future directions
Appendix: Details of the Various Research Projects Underpinning This Book
	Irish nurses in Britain in the post- war era (2004–2005)
	Post- accession Polish migration to London
	Muslims in the London Borough of Barnet
	French highly skilled migrants in the financial sector (2010–2013)
	Irish highly qualified migrants in Britain post-economic recession (2013– 2014)
	Polish migrants in London: ten years since accession (2014)
	Older migrants in London (2017–2019)
Notes
References
Index