Dilemmas of Belonging in Transnational Perspective: Migrants from the Former Soviet Union in the Czech Republic

KLVAŇOVÁ, Radka. Dilemmas of Belonging in Transnational Perspective: Migrants from the Former Soviet Union in the Czech Republic. In Diasporas, Migration and Identities: Crossing Boundaries, New Directions, University of Surrey, 11-12 June 2009. 2009.

Basic information

• Original name: Dilemmas of Belonging in Transnational Perspective: Migrants from the Former Soviet Union in the Czech Republic
• Name in Czech: Dilemata přináležitosti v transnacionální perspektivě: migranti z bývalého Sovětského svazu v ČR
• Authors: KLVAŇOVÁ, Radka.
• Edition: Diasporas, Migration and Identities: Crossing Boundaries, New Directions, University of Surrey, 11-12 June 2009, 2009.

Other information

• Type of outcome: Presentations at conferences
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• Organization unit: Faculty of Social Studies
• Keywords (in Czech): migrace; občanství; přináležitost; transnacionalismus
• Keywords in English: migration; citizenship; belonging; transnationalism

Abstract

An increasing migration within Central-Eastern European migration space, rather inexperienced with foreign newcomers who often seem to settle for longer than previously expected, opens questions of migrants inclusion/exclusion and the processes of reconstruction of legal as well as symbolic boundaries of membership. The research examines the process of inclusion/exclusion of the first generation migrants from former Soviet Union - Belarus, Russia and Ukraine - residing long-term in the Czech Republic (CR) in a transnational perspective. It develops a critical approach towards the concept of inclusion/exclusion of migrants and explores the tensions which accompany the negotiation of migrants belonging in the national symbolic order which presumes exclusive ties of solidarity. Nation states in Europe frame the problem of „integration of immigrants“ as issues of social cohesion and security. But what kind of a problem is inclusion/exclusion from the perspective of the migrants themselves?

Abstract (in Czech)

An increasing migration within Central-Eastern European migration space, rather inexperienced with foreign newcomers who often seem to settle for longer than previously expected, opens questions of migrants inclusion/exclusion and the processes of reconstruction of legal as well as symbolic boundaries of membership. The research examines the process of inclusion/exclusion of the first generation migrants from former Soviet Union - Belarus, Russia and Ukraine - residing long-term in the Czech Republic (CR) in a transnational perspective. It develops a critical approach towards the concept of inclusion/exclusion of migrants and explores the tensions which accompany the negotiation of migrants belonging in the national symbolic order which presumes exclusive ties of solidarity. Nation states in Europe frame the problem of „integration of immigrants“ as issues of social cohesion and security. But what kind of a problem is inclusion/exclusion from the perspective of the migrants themselves?

Links

• MSM0021622408, plan (intention): Name: Reprodukce a integrace společnosti (Acronym: IVRIS)

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Reproduction and integration of society