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Project C3

Transnationality, the Distribution of Informal Social Security and Inequalities

Barglowski, Karolina
Research associate Project C3
Bilecen, Basak, Dr.
Research associate Project C3
Faist, Thomas, Prof. PhD
Head of Project C3
Sienkiewicz, Joanna Jadwiga
Wiss. Mit. Teilprojekt C3

The goal of this project is to determine the influence of transnationality, as a characteristic of heterogeneity, on the ways that migrants and their families in emigration and immigration countries access and utilize "informal" social security. The study extends across transnational spaces between Germany and Turkey, Germany and Poland, and Germany and Kazakhstan.

The question guiding the research is how transnationality influences the distribution of informal social security and resulting inequalities. Particular emphasis is given to the impact of transnationality on the use of informal services such as childcare, care of sick relatives, money transfers, assistance with integration, and job placement.

The project's focus is on three areas. First, it asks how and under what conditions transnational support strategies take shape. Second, it analyzes the reciprocal influence of migrants' informal support strategies and formal national welfare regimes. Third, it describes mechanisms that produce inequality-related effects in connection with categories such as "gender," "ethnicity," "class," "nationality," and "religion" in the field of migrants' social welfare.

To achieve these goals, the study applies a mixture of methods: interviews with selected migrants and their relatives, participant observation, expert interviews with representatives of institutions and associations, and document analyses. In line with the principle of multi-sited ethnography, data is collected in collaboration with local partners in both the immigration country and the emigration countries.

58 Publications

2016 | Working Paper | PUB-ID: 2900936
Social Comparisons in Migration and Inequality Studies: A Literature Review and Evidence from a Pilot Study
Sienkiewicz JJ, Hapke P, Faist T (2016) SFB 882 Working Paper Series; 55.
Bielefeld: DFG Research Center (SFB) 882 From Heterogeneities to Inequalities.
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2015 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2780315
The normativity of migration and intergenerational care in the Polish-German transnational social space
Barglowski K (2015)
Migration Studies-Polish Diaspora Review: 57-75.
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2015 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2729999
Social Mechanisms in Local Transformations: Towards a Conclusion
Faist T (2015)
Population, Space and Place.
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2015 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 2764443
The transnational social question: cross-border social protection and social inequalities
Faist T (2015)
In: Race, Ethnicity and the Welfare State: An American Dilemma. Kettunen P, Michel S, Petersen K (Eds); Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar: 227-254.
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2015 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2730434
Approaching Transnational Social Protection: Methodological Challenges and Empirical Applications
Barglowski K, Bilecen B, Amelina A (2015)
Population, Space and Place 21(3): 215-226.
PUB | DOI | WoS
 
2015 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2736491
Caregiving in Polish-German Transnational Social Space: Circulating Narratives and Intersecting Heterogeneities
Barglowski K, Krzyzowski L, Świątek P (2015)
Population Space and Place 21(3): 257-269.
PUB | DOI | WoS
 
2015 | Special Issue | PUB-ID: 2730713
Safety Nets of Migrants across Borders: An Inquiry into Social Mechanisms of Inequality
Faist T, Bilecen B, Barglowski K, Sienkiewicz JJ (Eds) (2015)
Population, Space and Place 21(3).
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2015 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 2716774
Informelle (trans-)nationale soziale Sicherung von Kasachstandeutschen in Deutschland
Sienkiewicz JJ (2015)
In: Zuhause? Fremd?: Migrations- und Beheimatungsstrategien zwischen Deutschland und Eurasien. Kaiser M, Schönhuth M (Eds); bibliotheca eurasica. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag: 355-378.
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2015 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2704846
Informal Social Protection Networks of Migrants: Typical Patterns in Different Transnational Social Spaces
Bilecen B, Sienkiewicz JJ (2015)
Population, Space and Place 21(3): 227-243.
PUB | DOI | WoS
 
2014 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2710813 PUB
 
2014 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 2717943
Diversity Unpacked: From heterogeneities to inequalities
Faist T (2014)
In: The Routledge International Handbook of Diversity Studies. Vertovec S (Ed); London: Routledge: 263-273.
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2014 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2683210
On the transnational social question: How social inequalities are reproduced in Europe.
Faist T (2014)
Journal of European Social Policy 24(3): 207-222.
PUB | DOI | WoS
 
2014 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 2718015
Diversity - a new mode of incorporation?
Faist T (2014)
In: Migration and Diversity. Vertovec S (Ed); Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar: 153-172.
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2014 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2707096 PUB | PDF | DOI
 
2014 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 2704015
Citizenship Theories and Migration
Faist T (2014)
In: An Introduction to Immigrant Incorporation Studies. European Perspectives. Martiniello M, Rath J (Eds); Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press: 21-52.
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2014 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 2703791
“We are all Transnationals now”: The Relevance of Transnationality for Understanding Social Inequalities
Faist T (2014)
In: The History of Migration in Europe: Perspectives from Economics, Politics and Sociology. Fauri F (Ed); London: Routledge: 69-87.
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2014 | Working Paper | PUB-ID: 2698961
Social classifications and inequalities: Ideologies of mobility, care and work in transnational families
Barglowski K (2014) SFB 882 Working Paper Series; 32.
Bielefeld: DFG Research Center (SFB) 882 From Heterogeneities to Inequalities.
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2013 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2693189
Semiprofessionen und der Wandel wohlfahrtsstaatlicher Organisationen: Subjektbezogene Erfahrungen zur institutionellen Transformation von Wohlfahrtsstaatlichkeit
Müller S, Barglowski K (2013)
Journal für Psychologie 21(3: Identität und Wandel in Organisationen): 1-27.
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2013 | Working Paper | PUB-ID: 2680029
Coming-out multi-lokal: Intersektionelle Rekonstruktion von Sexualität und Transnationalität
Barglowski K, Amelina A, Bilecen B (2013)
Bielefeld: COMCAD Working Papers.
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2013 | Book (Editor) | PUB-ID: 2582695
Disentangling Migration and Climate Change: Toward an Analysis of Methodologies
Faist T, Schade J (Eds) (2013) Political Discourses and Human Rights.
Dordrecht/Heidelberg/New York/London: Springer.
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2013 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2608110
The Mobility Turn: A New Paradigm for the Social Sciences?
Faist T (2013)
Ethnic and Racial Studies 36(11): 1637-1646.
PUB | DOI | WoS
 
2013 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 2616946
Multiculturalism: From Heterogeneities to Social (In)equalities
Faist T (2013)
In: Debating Multiculturalism in the Nordic Welfare States. Kivisto P, Wahlbeck Ö (Eds); Houndmills, UK: Palgrave Macmillan: 22-47.
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2013 | Working Paper | PUB-ID: 2578967
Analyzing Informal Social Protection Across Borders: Synthesizing Social Network Analysis with Qualitative Interviews
Bilecen B (2013) SFB 882 Working Paper Series; 19.
Bielefeld: DFG Research Center (SFB) 882 From Heterogeneities to Inequalities.
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2013 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 2582697
The Climate-Migration Nexus: A Reorientation
Faist T, Schade J (2013)
In: Disentangling Migration and Climate Change: Toward an Analysis of Methodologies. ; Political Discourses and Human Rights, Dordrecht/Heidelberg/New York/London: Springer: 3-25.
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2012 | Working Paper | PUB-ID: 2535126
The Blind Spot of Multiculturalism: From Heterogeneities to Social (In)Equalities
Faist T (2012) COMCAD Arbeitspapiere - Working Papers, 108.
Bielefeld: COMCAD - Center on Migration, Citizenship and Development.
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2012 | Working Paper | PUB-ID: 2524894
Hierarchies and Categorical Power in Cross-Border Science: Analyzing Scientists’ Transnational Mobility between Ukraine and Germany. Working Chapter 111/2012
Amelina A (2012) COMCAD Arbeitspapiere - working papers, 111.
Bielefeld: COMCAD - Centre on Migration Citizenship and Development.
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2012 | Working Paper | PUB-ID: 2542199
Ties That Protect? The Significance of Transnationality for the Distribution of Informal Social Protection in Migrant Networks
Amelina A, Bilecen B, Barglowski K, Faist T (2012) SFB 882 Working Paper Series; 6.
Bielefeld: DFG Research Center (SFB) 882 From Heterogeneities to Inequalities.
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2012 | Special Issue | PUB-ID: 2465751 PUB
 
2012 | Book (Editor) | PUB-ID: 2465746
Beyond Methodological Nationalism: Research Methodologies for Cross-Border Studies
Amelina A, Nergiz DD, Faist T, Glick-Schiller N (Eds) (2012)
London: Routledge.
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2012 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 2466450
Concluding Remarks: Considering Contexts and Units of Analysis
Faist T, Nergiz DD (2012)
In: Beyond Methodological Nationalism: Social Science Research Methodologies in Transition. Amélina A, Nergiz D, Faist T, Glick-Schiller N (Eds); London: Routledge.
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2012 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 2466445
Methodological Predicaments of Cross-Border Studies
Amelina A, Faist T, Glick-Schiller N, Nergiz DD (2012)
In: Beyond Methodological Nationalism: Research Methodologies in Cross-Border Studies. Amélina A, Nergiz D, Faist T, Glick-Schiller N (Eds); London: Routledge.
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2012 | Working Paper | PUB-ID: 2517222
Jenseits des Homogenitätsmodells der Kultur: Zur Analyse von Transnationalität und kulturellen Interferenzen auf der Grundlage der hermeneutischen Wissenssoziologie
Amelina A (2012) SFB 882 Working Paper Series; 4.
Bielefeld: DFG Research Center (SFB) 882 From Heterogeneities to Inequalities.
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2012 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2465776
De-naturalizing the national in research methodologies: Key concepts of transnational studies in migration
Amelina A, Faist T (2012)
Ethnic and Racial Studies 35(10): 1707-1724.
PUB | DOI | WoS
 
2011 | Book (Editor) | PUB-ID: 2459629
The Migration-Development Nexus: A Transnational Perspective
Faist T, Fauser M, Kivisto P (Eds) (2011)
Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan.
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2011 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2001242
An Intersectional Approach to the Complexity of Social Support Within German–Ukrainian Transnational Space
Amelina A (2011)
Advances in Gender Research, Special Issue: Analyzing Gender, Intersectionality, and Multiple Inequalities: Global, Transnational and Local Contexts 15: 211-231.
PUB | DOI | arXiv
 
2011 | Working Paper | PUB-ID: 2490160
Multiculturalism : From Heterogeneities to Social (In)Equalities
Faist T (2011) SFB 882 Working Paper Series; 3.
Bielefeld: DFG Research Center (SFB) 882 From Heterogeneities to Inequalities.
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2011 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 2524887
Scaling Inequalities? Sociology of Space and of Social Boundaries in Studies on Migration and Social Inequalities
Amelina A (2011)
In: Transnationalisierung sozialer Welt. Kongressband des 25. Soziologiekongresses. Soeffner H-G (Ed); VS Verlag.
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2011 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 2466475
Academic Knowledge, Policy, and the Public Role of Social Scientists
Faist T (2011)
In: The Migration-Development Nexus: Transnational Perspectives. Faist T, Fauser M, Kivisto P (Eds); Houndsmill, UK: Palgrave Macmillan: 185-203.
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2011 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 2466467
The Migration-Development Nexus: Toward a Transnational Perspective
Faist T, Fauser M (2011)
In: The Migration-Development Nexus: Transnational Perspectives. Faist T, Fauser M, Kivisto P (Eds); Houndsmill, UK: Palgrave Macmillan: 1-26.
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2011 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 2466464
The Transnational Social Question
Faist T (2011)
In: Routledge International Handbook of Contemporary Social and Political Theory. Delanty G, Turner SB (Eds); London: Routledge: 439-449.
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2011 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 2462896
Unravelling Migrants as Transnational Agents of Development: A Contribution to the Emerging Field of the Transnational Social Question
Faist T (2011)
In: Unravelling Migrants as Transnational Agents of Development: Social Spaces in between Ghana and Germany. Thomas F, Nadine S (Eds); Münster: Lit-Verlag: 5-28.
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2010 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 1857783
Towards Transnational Studies: World Theories, Transnationalisation and Changing Institutions
Faist T (2010)
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 36(10): 1665-1687.
PUB | DOI | WoS
 
 
2010 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 1856833
Transnationalisation: It's Conceptual and Empirical Relevance
Faist T (2010)
In: Migration in a globalised world: new research issues and prospects. Audebert C, Dorai MK (Eds); Amsterdam: Amsterdam Univ. Press: 79-106.
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2010 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 2466480
Soziale Bürgerschaft in der Europäischen Union: verschachtelte Mitgliedschaft
Faist T (2010)
In: Große Armut, großer Reichtum: zur Transnationalisierung sozialer Ungleichheit. Beck U, Poferl A (Eds); Edition Suhrkamp, 2614 Berlin: Suhrkamp: 617-650.
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2010 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2465778
Cultural Diversity and Social Inequalities
Faist T (2010)
Social Research 77(1): 257-289.
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2010 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 2466485
Diaspora and Transnationalism: What Kind of Dance Partners?
Faist T (2010)
In: Diaspora and Transnationalism: Concepts, Theories and Methods. Bauböck R, Faist T (Eds); Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press: 9-34.
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2010 | Book | PUB-ID: 2462849
Beyond a Border: The Causes and Consequences of Contemporary Immigration
Faist T, Kivisto P (2010)
Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE/Pine Forge Press.
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2009 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 1635542 PUB | DOI | WoS
 
2009 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 1901682
Making and Remaking the Transnational: Of Boundaries, Social Spaces and Social Mechanisms
Faist T (2009)
Spectrum: Journal of Global Studies 1(2): 66-88.
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2009 | Working Paper | PUB-ID: 1857066
Migrants' Gendered Strategies of Social Support and their Inequality Effects in the Context of 'German-Ukrainian' Transnational Space
Amelina A (2009) COMCAD Arbeitspapiere - working papers.
Bielefeld: COMCAD - Center on Migration, Citizenship and Development.
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2009 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 1856837
Introduction: Migration, Development, and Social Transformation
Faist T, Schiller NG (2009)
Social Analysis 53(3): 1-13.
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2009 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 1856836
Transnationalization and Development: Toward an Alternative Agenda
Faist T (2009)
Social Analysis 53(3): 38-59.
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2009 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 1589172
Cancer incidence rate ratios of Turkish immigrants in Hamburg, Germany: A registry based study
Spallek J, Arnold M, Hentschel S, Razum O (2009)
Cancer Epidemiology 33(6): 413-418.
PUB | DOI | WoS | PubMed | Europe PMC
 
2009 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 1999847
Introduction: Migration(s) and Development(s): Transformations of Paradigms, Organisations, and Gender Orders
Faist T, Reisenauer E (2009)
Sociologus. Journal for Empirical Social Anthropology 59(1): 1-16.
PUB | DOI | WoS
 
2009 | Special Issue | PUB-ID: 2450124
Migration, development, and transnationalization: a critical stance
Schiller NG, Faist T (Eds) (2009)
Social analysis 53(3).
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2009 | Special Issue | PUB-ID: 2450121 PUB