Migration and (Im)Mobility

Front matter

Biographical Experiences of Polish Migrants in Germany and Canada

Anna Xymena Wieczorek Migration and (Im)Mobility

Culture and Social Practice

Part I: Aproposition: Examining Migrants’ Mobilities Through Biographies

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From “Classical” and “New” Approaches in Migration Studies to the “Mobilities Perspective” on Migration |27 “Classical” Approaches in Migration Studies |28 Assimilation |28 Integration |31 Multiculturalism |36 What happens in the Country of Arrival? |39 “New” Approaches in Migration Studies |41 (Migrant) Transnationalism |42 Diaspora |47 Cosmopolitanism |48 What happens in the Country of Arrival, in the Country of Origin, and/or in other Destinations? |52 Mobility Studies as a New Research Perspective on Migration |54 The “Mobilities Paradigm” |54 Conceptualizing (Im)Mobility | 57 The Relation of Migration Studies and Mobility Studies | 61

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