European Somalis' Post-Migration Movements : Mobility Capital and the Transnationalisation of Resources.

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Theorising Mobility Practices in Unequal Transnational Social Fields -- 1.1.1 Categories, Hierarchies and the (Re)production of Social Inequalities -- 1.1.2 A Transnational Perspective -- 1.1.3 Bringing "Mobilities" into Migration Studies -- 1.1.3.1 Mobility Versus Migration: Legal and Political Distinctions -- 1.1.3.2 A Definition Derived from Mobility Studies -- 1.2 Methodology and Methods -- 1.2.1 Methodological Transnationalism -- 1.2.2 Reflexivity: On the Researcher's Positionality in the Field -- 1.2.3 Delineating the Field: Conceptual Issues Related to the Population Under Study -- 1.2.4 An Ethnographic Approach Based on Interviews -- 1.2.5 Data-Analysis Methods -- 1.3 On Somalia and Somali Migrants: A Contextual Introduction -- 1.3.1 Recent History -- 1.3.2 Mobility and Migration from Somalia -- 1.3.3 Political, Legal and Discursive Contexts: Britain and Switzerland -- 1.3.3.1 The British Context -- 1.3.3.2 The Swiss Context -- 1.3.3.3 Concluding Remarks: On Somali Migrants Who Live in Britain and Switzerland -- Appendix: Interview Methods -- References -- Chapter 2: Typologising Cross-Border Movements in Post-Migration Life -- 2.1 An Overview of the Literature -- 2.1.1 Transnational Studies -- 2.1.1.1 Return -- 2.1.1.2 Pendular Migration -- 2.1.1.3 Secondary Migration -- 2.1.2 The Literature on Circulation -- 2.2 Post-Migration Mobility Practices: A Typology -- 2.2.1 Star-Shaped Mobility -- 2.2.1.1 Nuur -- 2.2.1.2 Aman -- 2.2.2 Pendular Mobility -- 2.2.2.1 Farhan -- 2.2.3 Secondary Migration -- 2.2.3.1 Hani -- 2.2.4 Temporary Visits to the Country of Origin -- 2.2.4.1 Awa -- 2.2.5 Definitive Return -- 2.2.6 Immobility -- 2.2.6.1 Imaan -- 2.2.6.2 Nadifa -- 2.2.7 A Visual Recap and Concluding Remarks -- 2.3 Activities on the Move.

2.3.1 Maintenance and Reinforcement of Personal Social Networks -- 2.3.2 Business Activities -- 2.3.3 Work-Related Activities -- 2.3.4 Voluntary Involvement in Humanitarian and Development Projects in the Region of Origin -- 2.3.5 "Homeland Politics" -- 2.4 The Places of Mobility -- 2.4.1 The Main Place of Residence: "Where I Put My Pillow" -- 2.4.2 The Place of Origin: "Where I Come From" -- 2.5 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3: Mobility: A Practice or a Capital? -- 3.1 The Transformation of Mobility into a Type of Capital: A Theoretical Discussion -- 3.1.1 From Resources to Capital: A Critical Introduction to Bourdieu's Theorisation of Capital -- 3.1.2 Mobility Capital and Spatial Capital -- 3.1.3 Savoir-Circuler, the Accumulation of Experiences and the Convertibility of Capital -- 3.2 Converting Economic Capital into Mobility Capital -- 3.3 Converting Legal Capital into Mobility Capital -- 3.3.1 Legal Capital: Empirical Evidence -- 3.3.2 Legal Status as a Type of Capital -- 3.3.3 The Complex Relationship Between Mobility and Immobility -- 3.4 Converting Cultural Capital into Mobility Capital -- 3.4.1 Cultural Capital in Migration Studies -- 3.4.2 Cultural Capital Acquired Before Arriving in Europe -- 3.4.3 Mobility-Specific Cultural Capital -- 3.5 Converting Social Capital into Mobility Capital -- 3.5.1 Social Capital in Migration and Mobility Studies -- 3.5.2 Empirical Evidence -- 3.5.2.1 Nuur -- 3.5.2.2 Imaan -- 3.6 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4: Transnationalising Resources: Three Biographies -- 4.1 Theoretical Debates on Migrants' Circulation of Capital -- 4.1.1 Social Positions and Inequalities in a Transnational Space -- 4.1.2 The Valorisation of Capital Within Specific Hierarchies -- 4.1.3 Farhan, Safia and Fatuma -- 4.2 Farhan: Penduling and Taking the Best from Two Places.

4.2.1 Migration to Switzerland: The Importance of Acquiring Education -- 4.2.2 The Beginning of Penduling -- 4.2.3 From Switzerland to Britain: A Secondary Move -- 4.2.4 "Closer to Somalia" -- 4.2.5 A Return to Penduling -- 4.2.6 Concluding Remarks -- 4.3 Safia: Secondary Movements and the Construction of a Transnational Future -- 4.3.1 The Migration Trajectory: A Multi-step Journey -- 4.3.2 Associational Involvement -- 4.3.3 A Transnational Future -- 4.3.4 Concluding Remarks -- 4.4 Fatuma: Star-Shaped Mobility Practices and the Intertwining Effects of Formal and Informal Business Activities -- 4.4.1 Local and Transnational Independent Economic Activities -- 4.4.2 Social Differentiation Within Local Gendered and Ethnicised Hierarchies -- 4.4.3 The Formal Local Business -- 4.4.4 Concluding Remarks -- 4.5 Conclusions -- 4.5.1 The Geographical Shift -- 4.5.2 The Shift in the Frame of Reference -- 4.5.3 Status Inconsistencies in Local and Transnational Fields -- References -- Chapter 5: Conclusion -- 5.1 A Typology of Cross-Border Post-Migration Mobility Practices -- 5.2 Challenging Taken-for-Granted Distinctions Between Migration and Mobility -- 5.3 Differentiated Forms of Transnationality -- 5.4 Mobility Capital and the State -- 5.5 From Diversified Contexts to Somali-Oriented Social Fields -- 5.6 Towards a Transnational Understanding of Incorporation -- References.

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