This article revisits ambivalence as a protracted state which does not simply develop as a
result of the migration experience but stems from overlapping levels of normative …

Third, the proliferation of chronic waiting is connected to the emergence and popularization
of particular visions of time and social maturation. The onset of modernity in Europe and …

This study examines young people's intentions to migrate abroad in Kyrgyzstan, focusing in
particular on differences between Asian and European-origin ethnic groups. The …

Many of Vienna's labor migrants who entered Austria as so-called “guest workers” together
with their spouses long nurtured the dream of returning to their country of origin, at the latest …

Across the Western world, the air is filled with talk of immigration. The changes brought by
immigration have triggered a renewed fervor for isolationism able to shutter political …

This article explores the status of temporariness in international migration. The focus is on
the impact of temporary status on migrants' actions, behavior, and emotional responses to …

Ambivalence as an interpretive tool in sociology refers to the social experience of any
complex, cognitively confusing, or emotionally charged phenomenon that calls …

The question of Kurdish identity and belonging is counted among the most controversial and
challenging topics in modern Turkey. This book cuts to the heart of this debate in an …

In this study, Fredrik Hagglund presents an interpretation based on a hypothesis that
conflicts emerged between the people in the land of Israel and those who returned from …

Conditions of precarity, irregularity, and illegality are often associated with informality. Yet
the functional and analytical value of informality as a condition and process underpinning …