Transnational Agency and Migration

Abstract

1. Transnational Agency: Migrants, Movements and Social Support Crossing Borders Stefan Kongeter and Wendy Smith Part I: Transnational Migration 2. Between Empowerment and Exploitation: Migrant Women's Transnational Practices on the Northern Mexican Border Elisabeth Tuider 3. Integration and Agency: African Refugee Women and a Playgroup in Melbourne, Australia Kari Gibson, Katie Vasey and Lenore Manderson 4. Return Migration as an Engine of Social Change?: Reverse Diasporas' Capital Investments at Home Heidi Dahles Part II: Transnational Movements 5. The Translation of Knowledge Across the Atlantic: Constructions of the Immigration Problem in the Settlement Movement Stefan Kongeter 6. Reconstructing the Narrative of Transnational Feminist Agency: The Women's Caucus for Gender Justice in the International Criminal Court Ma. Lourdes Veneracion-Rallonza 7. People Living with HIV and AIDS in Thailand as Transnational Social Actors Wolfram Schaffar 8. Asian New Religious Movements as Transnational Cultural Systems: Implications for Agency Wendy Smith Part III: Transnational Education and Social Support 9. Transnational Transformations of Schooling in Toronto, Canada Naomi Lightman 10. Relaunching Citizenship Within an Agency-Oriented Perspective: Transnational Lessons for Social Work and Educational Studies Eberhard Raithelhuber 11. Transnational Social Work Communities: NGOs Organizing Social Support in International Development Cooperation Nadin Tettschlag 12. Social Security in Transnational Legal Space: Limitations and Opportunities Keebet von Benda-Beckmann