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Transnational Agency and Migration Migrants, both spatially and mentally, no longer settle in only one national territory but interact or move across borders regularly, profoundly chal- lenging the nation-state and the image of society as a container. This vol- ume explores the ways in which migrants, activists, and professionals connect social worlds across national boundaries through a variety of social practices. The contributions from various disciplines—anthropology, eco- nomics, political and social sciences, educational studies, and social work— illuminate the meaning of agency in situations where the capabilities of transnational actors are constrained by nation-states, their borders, and social institutions. Based on a relational understanding of transnational agency that builds upon new insights and developments within transna- tional studies and network theory, this compilation of chapters presents transnational processes and developments in and across various regions of the globe—in East Asia, the Americas, the European Union, Southeast Asia, Africa, and Australia, in the borderlands of Mexico and the US, in the transatlantic space of the 19th century fi n de siècle world—in order to demonstrate the importance of gaining, assisting, and expanding agency in transnational contexts. Stefan Köngeter is Professor for Social Pedagogy at the School of Education, University of Trier, Germany. Wendy Smith is an anthropologist in the fi elds of management, religious, and Asian Studies. She formerly lectured in management and Japanese Studies at Monash University, Australia, and was the Director of the Centre for Malaysian Studies at the Monash Asia Institute. Routledge Research in Transnationalism 1 New Transnational Social 8 Transnational Politics Spaces Turks and Kurds in Germany International Migration and Eva Østergaard-Nielsen Transnational Companies in the Early 21st Century 9 Culture and Economy in the Edited by Ludger Pries Indian Diaspora Edited by Bhikhu Parekh, 2 Transnational Muslim Politics Gurharpal Singh, and Reimagining the Umma Steven Vertovec Peter G. Mandaville 10 International Migration and the 3 New Approaches to Migration? Globalization of Domestic Politics Transnational Communities and the Edited by Rey Koslowski Transformation of Home Edited by Nadje Al-Ali and 11 Gender in Transnationalism Khalid Koser Home, Longing and Belonging among Moroccan Migrant Women 4 Work and Migration Ruba Salih Life and Livelihoods in a Globalizing World 12 State/Nation/Transnation Edited by Ninna Nyberg Sorensen Perspectives on Transnationalism and Karen Fog Olwig in the Asia-Pacifi c Edited by Brenda S. A. Yeoh 5 Communities across Borders and Katie Willis New Immigrants and Transnational Cultures 1 3 Transnational Activism in Asia Edited by Paul Kennedy and Problems of Power and Democracy Victor Roudometof Edited by Nicola Piper and Anders Uhlin 6 Transnational Spaces Edited by Peter Jackson, Phil 14 Diaspora, Identity, and Religion Crang, and Claire Dwyer New Directions in Theory and Research 7 The Media of Diaspora Edited by Waltraud Kokot, Khachig Edited by Karim H. Karim Tölölyan, and Carolin Alfonso 15 Cross-Border Governance in the 24 Beyond Methodological European Union Nationalism Edited by Olivier Thomas Research Methodologies for Kramsch, and Barbara Hooper Cross-Border Studies E dited by Anna Amelina, 16 Transnational Connections and Devrimsel D. Nergiz, the Arab Gulf Thomas Faist, and Edited by Madawi Al-Rasheed Nina Glick Schiller 17 Central Asia and the Caucasus 25 Transnationalism and Transnationalism and Diaspora Urbanism Edited by Touraj Atabaki and Edited by Stefan Krätke, Sanjyot Mehendale Kathrin Wildner, and Stephan Lanz 18 International Migration and Security 26 Transnational Marriage Opportunities and Challenges New Perspectives from Europe Edited by Elspeth Guild and and Beyond Joanne van Selm Edited by Katharine Charsley 19 Transnational European Union 27 Transnational Politics Towards a Common Political and the State Space The External Voting Rights of Edited by Wolfram Kaiser Diasporas with Peter Starie Jean-Michel Lafl eur 20 Geopolitics of European Union 28 Transbordering Latin Americas Enlargement Liminal Places, Cultures, and The Fortress Empire Powers (T)Here Edited by Warwick Armstrong Edited by Clara Irazábal and James Anderson 29 Transnational Families, 21 Rethinking Transnationalism Migration, and the Circulation The Meso-Link of Organisations of Care Edited by Ludger Pries Understanding Mobility and Absence in Family Life 22 Theorising Transnational Edited by Loretta Baldassar Migration and Laura Merla The Status Paradox of Migration Boris Nieswand 30 Transnational Agency and Migration 23 Migration, Nation States, and Actors, Movements, and Social International Cooperation Support Edited by Randall Hansen, Jobst Edited by Stefan Köngeter Koehler, and Jeannette Money and Wendy Smith This page intentionally left blank Transnational Agency and Migration Actors, Movements, and Social Support Edited by Stefan Köngeter and Wendy Smith First published 2015 by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 and by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2015 Taylor & Francis The right of the editors to be identifi ed as the authors of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark Notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identifi cation and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Transnational agency and migration : actors, movements, and social support / edited by Stefan Köngeter and Wendy Smith. pages cm. — (Routledge research in transnationalism ; 30) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Emigration and immigration—Social aspects. 2. Social networks. I. Köngeter, Stefan. JV6225.T69 2015 304.8—dc23 2015007725 ISBN: 978-0-415-89907-9 (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-315-68064-4 (ebk) Typeset in Sabon by Apex CoVantage, LLC Contents Preface and Acknowledgments ix 1 Transnational Agency: Migrants, Movements, and Social Support Crossing Borders 1 STEFAN KÖNGETER AND WENDY SMITH PART I Transnational Migration 2 Between Empowerment and Exploitation: Migrant Women’s Transnational Practices on the Northern Mexican Border 23 ELISABETH TUIDER 3 Integration and Agency: African Refugee Women and a Playgroup in Melbourne, Australia 44 KARI GIBSON, KATIE VASEY, AND LENORE MANDERSON 4 Return Migration as an Engine of Social Change?: Reverse Diasporas’ Capital Investments at Home 67 H EIDI DAHLES PART II Transnational Movements 5 The Translation of Knowledge Across the Atlantic: Constructions of the ‘Immigration Problem’ in the Settlement Movement 87 STEFAN KÖNGETER viii Contents 6 Reconstructing the Narrative of Transnational Feminist Agency: The Women’s Caucus for Gender Justice in the International Criminal Court 109 MA. LOURDES VENERACION-RALLONZA 7 People Living with HIV and AIDS in Thailand as Transnational Social Actors 130 WOLFRAM SCHAFFAR 8 Asian New Religious Movements as Transnational Cultural Systems: Implications for Agency 148 W ENDY SMITH PART III Transnational Education and Social Support 9 Transnational Transformations of Schooling in Toronto, Canada 177 NAOMI LIGHTMAN 10 Relaunching Citizenship within an Agency-Oriented Perspective: Transnational Lessons for Social Work and Educational Studies 195 EBERHARD RAITHELHUBER 11 Transnational Social Work Communities: NGOs Organizing Social Support in International Development Cooperation 217 N ADIN TETTSCHLAG 12 Social Security in Transnational Legal Space: Limitations and Opportunities 245 K EEBET VON BENDA-BECKMANN Contributors 263 Index 267 Preface and Acknowledgments This volume is an outcome of the University of Hildesheim’s Open Uni- versity event, “Crossing Borders”, a series of academic lectures open to the public that took place in the German summer of 2009. Organizing this forum was an early milestone for the Hildesheim members of the Research Training Group “Transnational Social Support (TSS)”, a program funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) that aims at promoting research opportunities for young scholars. The TSS is a joint collaboration between the Institute of Social and Organizational Pedagogy, the University of Hildesheim, and the Institute of Educational Science, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and has set up a mutually supportive group of doctoral and postdoctoral researchers working on the transnationalization of social support processes. We take this opportunity to acknowledge the team of postgraduate students from the fi rst generation of the TSS who organized the Open University forum, especially Nadin Tettschlag and Andreas Steinert. The original program of lectures, from an international fi eld of scholars from the Netherlands, the Philippines, Malaysia, Switzerland, Australia, and Germany (with a later contribution to our book from a Canadian scholar), inspired this volume and its pivotal aim, which is to shed light on the emergence of agency in the context of transnational practices. Transna- tional Studies contribute a fresh perspective on migration, by considering not only the consequences of ongoing cross-border activities of migrants, their relatives, and friends, but also of social movements, institutions, and organizations for the provision of education and social services. The chap- ters examine the emerging importance of cross-border practices for g aining, expanding, and a ssisting agency in transnational contexts. We would like to thank our contributors for their excellent chapters and their patience during the publication process. This collection of con- tributions from a variety of disciplines—anthropology, economics, gender studies, history, legal anthropology, political and social sciences, religious studies, and social work, some taking a multidisciplinary approach— illuminates the meaning of agency in transnational contexts in all its facets. Thanks to them, the chapters present transnational processes and devel- opments in and across various regions of the globe, for instance, East Asia,
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