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Life strategies of migrants from crisis regimes : achiever or survivor? /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Oleinikova, Olga
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Subjects:
Immigrants > Social conditions.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Part I: Concepts and Contexts
  • Chapter 1: Life Strategy, Migration and Regime Transition
  • 1.1 Life Strategy and Migration
  • 1.2 Regime Transition: From Western to Post-Soviet East European Perspectives
  • 1.3 Conceptualising Life Strategy
  • 1.3.1 Reading Western Literature
  • 1.3.2 Reading Post-Soviet East European Literature
  • 1.3.3 Typologies of Life Strategies
  • References
  • Chapter 2: Life Strategy Research Framework
  • 2.1 Conceptual Framework
  • 2.1.1 Agency/Structure
  • 2.1.2 Migration
  • 2.1.3 Social Identities: National Identity and Class
  • 2.2 Mapping Mixed Methodology
  • 2.2.1 First Method: Secondary Data Collection
  • 2.2.2 Second Method: Qualitative Interviews
  • References
  • Part II: Leaving Europe
  • Chapter 3: Leaving the Regime in Crisis: Structural Context Shaping Life Strategies
  • 3.1 Economic Situation
  • 3.1.1 1991-2003 Context
  • 3.1.2 2004-2016 Context
  • 3.2 Political Situation
  • 3.2.1 1991-2003 Context
  • 3.2.2 2004-2016 Context
  • 3.3 Migration Dynamics and Australia's Migration Policy Since the 1990s
  • 3.3.1 1991-2003 Context
  • 3.3.2 2004-2016 Context
  • 4.1.5 Why Australia? Push Factors
  • 4.2 Leaving for Achievement: Aims, Values, Needs, Agency
  • 4.2.1 Needs for Self-Realisation and Social Recognition
  • 4.2.2 Aims for Professional Success and Extended Socio-Economic Status
  • 4.2.3 Liberal and Non-Materialistic Values
  • 4.2.4 Strong Agency
  • 4.2.5 Why Australia? Pull Factors
  • References
  • Chapter 5: Migration Pathways: Popular Visas, Streams and Tactics
  • 5.1 Survival Pathways: Humanitarian and Family Reunion Stream
  • 5.1.1 Short-Term Arrivals: Getting a Visa
  • 5.1.2 Life on the Visa: Extending the Stay
  • 5.1.3 Humanitarian Stream: Precarity and Social Networks
  • 5.1.4 Family Reunion Migration Stream
  • Family Reunion for Parents and Children
  • Spouse Reunion
  • 5.2 Achievement Pathways: Skilled and Marriage Migration Streams
  • 5.2.1 Skilled Migration Stream
  • 5.2.2 Marriage Migration Stream
  • Gender and Migration from Ukraine
  • Motivations and Satisfaction
  • References
  • Part III: Becoming Australian
  • Chapter 6: 'Survival Migrants': Challenges and Opportunities
  • 6.1 Survival Occupational Experiences
  • 6.1.1 Serhiy's and Yulia's Careers
  • 6.1.2 Dead-End and Patchwork Careers