Overview

Leading migration researcher Louise Ryan's topical and intersectional book provides rich insights into migrants' social networks. It draws on more than 200 interviews with migrants who followed various transnational routes in every decade since the 1940s, in order to build valuable longitudinal perspectives and comparisons. With a particular focus on London, it charts how social networks are formed and sustained, how trust is developed and how social support is accessed, and explores the key opportunities and obstacles that migrants encounter. This is a seminal fusion of migration studies and social network analysis that casts new light on both subjects, essential for those interested in immigration, ethnicity, diversity and inequalities.

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9781529213546

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""The book is an important contribution to the study of migration and of social networks."" FQS ""Since working with Irish migrant nurses in the early 2000s, Louise Ryan has established herself as a leading expert in migration studies. In Social Networks and Migration: Relocations, Relationships and Resources, she demonstrates her wide-ranging expertise by reflecting on data sets from seven qualitative studies of migrants in London. While most of these projects were collaborative, this new analysis of the data sets hones in on her own unique contributions across that body of work"" Journal of Sociology “Social Networks and Migration is an absolute must-read book for anyone interested in migration, social networks, social support and diversity.” Ethnic and Racial Studies ""...[A] critical watershed for most social network analysis and migrant studies."" BSA Network Magazine

Author Information

Louise Ryan is Senior Professor of Sociology and Director of the Global Diversities and Inequalities Research Centre at London Metropolitan University.

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