Improvising protocols: Two enterprising Chinese migrant families and the resourceful Nguyễn court

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 246-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
John D. Wong
Keyword(s):  
The South ◽  
Historical Experience ◽  
Chinese Migrants ◽  
Migrant Families ◽  
Migrant Groups

Chinese migrants fleeing from the incoming Qing regime assumed a range of political and economic positions as the Nguyễn court sought to extend its control to the south. A nuanced exploration of the historical experience of two powerful Chinese migrant families to Vietnam through their clan genealogies reveals two rather different paradigms — the Minh Hương paradigm and the Frontier paradigm. These paradigms reflect not only the Chinese migrants' varied, resourceful manoeuvres in their quest for a firm foothold in the evolving and expanding south, but equally, they demonstrate the Nguyễn court's flexibility in accommodating and capitalising on the strengths of different migrant groups it sought to incorporate into its realm.

scholarly journals What Do Migrants Know About Their Childcare Rights? A First Exploration in West Germany

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Verena Seibel
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Ethnic Relations ◽  
West Germany ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Migrant Families ◽  
Human And Social Capital ◽  
Migrant Groups ◽  
The Welfare State

AbstractAlthough an increasing number of studies emphasise migrants’ lack of knowledge about their childcare rights as a crucial barrier to their childcare usage, almost none examines the conditions under which migrant families acquire this knowledge. This study contributes to the literature by exploring potential individual factors determining migrant families’ knowledge about their childcare rights in Germany. I use unique data collected through the project Migrants’ Welfare State Attitudes (MIFARE), in which nine different migrant groups in Germany were surveyed about their relation to the welfare state, including childcare. Analysing a total sample of 623 migrants living with children in their household and by using logistic regression analyses, I find that human and social capital play significant roles in explaining migrants’ knowledge about their childcare rights. Migrants who speak the host language sufficiently are more likely to know about their childcare rights; however, it does not matter whether migrants are lower or higher educated. Moreover, I observe that migrants benefit from their co-ethnic relations only if childcare usage is high among their ethnic group. Based on these results, policy recommendations are discussed in order to increase migrants’ knowledge about their childcare rights in Germany.

scholarly journals Partnership of State and Business in Transcaucasia: History and Current Trends

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 52-60
Author(s):  
E. A. Kuklina ◽  
V. S. Kuleshov
Keyword(s):  
Public Private Partnership ◽  
Economic Systems ◽  
The South ◽  
Historical Experience ◽  
Member States ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
Eastern Partnership ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Institutional Aspects

The article aims to present generally the dynamics of political and economic systems on the territory of Transcaucasia in the period from the second millennium BC to the present. This dynamics is seen as reflecting the historical experience of the Transcaucasian societies, whih is successively preserved at the present time. Institutional aspects are studied of public-private partnership projects currently being implemented by the South-Caucasian member states of the Eastern Partnership integration association.

scholarly journals Viral Encounters: Xenophobia, Solidarity, and Place-based Lessons from Chinese Migrants in Italy

2020 ◽  
Vol 79 (4) ◽  
pp. 259-270
Author(s):  
Elizabeth L. Krause ◽  
Massimo Bressan
Keyword(s):  
Open Space ◽  
Structural Vulnerability ◽  
Virtual Ethnography ◽  
Chinese Migrants ◽  
Migrant Community ◽  
Dominant Ideologies ◽  
The Will ◽  
Migrant Groups ◽  
Unique Relationship

Migrant and refugee populations have been identified as among the most vulnerable to COVID-19 due to what medical anthropologists have described as structural vulnerability. We argue significant differences exist between migrant groups and offer lessons for society at large. We develop the concept of viral encounters to frame an analysis of social narratives, representations, and practices involved in coping with threats of transmission and practices of prevention. Specifically, the globalized city of Prato offers a case study due to its unique relationship with COVID-19. Instead of a COVID-19 epicenter, however, Prato emerged as a contagion exception particularly as related to its Chinese migrant community. We use a place-based framework to argue that the threat of xenophobia, preparedness with quarantine, and the will of solidarity motivated an entire migrant community to take action—well before the nationwide lockdown began and extending beyond its conclusion. We combine virtual ethnography with health data as well as evidence of xenophobia and solidarity to offer an analysis. We argue that the effects of solidarity reconfigure dominant ideologies of individualism, open space for collective orientation toward a human economy, and offer potential to alleviate detrimental impacts of pandemics.

Issues of Women Carers in Australian-Greek Families

1998 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 203
Author(s):  
Carol A. Morse ◽  
Voula Messimeri-Kianidis
Keyword(s):  
Family Networks ◽  
Care Giving ◽  
Migrant Families ◽  
Formal Services ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Family Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Caregiving Roles ◽  
Migrant Groups ◽  
Extensive Family

Several myths prevail regarding family-based caregiving in migrant groups from non-English-speaking backgrounds (NESB): i) a low need for formal services because of extensive family networks (i.e. informal assistance); ii) NESB groups prefer to 'look after their own' to a greater extent than do Anglo-Australian communities; and iii) caregiving is a 'natural' role for women in migrant families. In 1995 a survey was undertaken of 150 care-giving families in the Australian Greek community in Melbourne, identified from the register of the Australian Greek Welfare Society (AGWS), matched by age and gender with 150 Australian Greeks with no caregiving roles. Health status and social experiences were examined of providing family-based caregiving for a co-resident member with developmental delay, physical and/or mental disorder or frail age.

Transnational migrant families: navigating marriage, generation and gender in multiple spheres

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mulki Al-Sharmani ◽  
Marja Tiilikainen ◽  
Sanna Mustasaari
Keyword(s):  
Family Life ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Marriage Migration ◽  
Transnational Family ◽  
Migrant Families ◽  
Social Fields ◽  
Family Practices ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Migrant Groups ◽  
Shed Light

This special issue seeks to enrich readers’ understandings of the transnational family practices and relations of selected migrant groups of a predominantly Muslim background in a number of Western contexts. It presents theoretically and empirically grounded studies that investigate how these family practices and ties are transnationally shaped, navigated and experienced by different family members. It focuses on two aspects of family life: marriage and the second generation’s aspirations and transnational experiences. Under the first theme, this special issue examines how marriage, migration and kinship interplay in transnationally shaped social fields where multiple legal and normative systems intersect in the lives of migrants. With regards to the second theme, the issue investigates how the children of migrants navigate and experience transnational family norms, ties and practices. Throughout the issue, individual articles shed light on the gendered dimensions of the different family practices and experiences.

Staff Development Programs in the Wake of Migration and Refugee Crisis

2019 ◽  
pp. 270-284
Author(s):  
Şefika Şule Erçetin ◽  
Ssali Muhammadi Bisaso
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Staff Development ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Migrant Education ◽  
Effective Learning ◽  
Migrant Families ◽  
Teaching Ideas ◽  
Migrant Groups

The successful provision of education for migrant groups rests on the shoulders of teachers. This is premised on the valid view that a teacher is a crucial mediator between migrant families and the host country or community. The teacher enjoys the greatest contact with migrant learners and can influence progress of these migrant learners directly and indirectly which informs transformation. Indeed, experts believe that teacher training should aim to improve knowledge, understanding and practical implementation of teaching ideas, materials and methods to facilitate effective learning on the part of migrants. This spelt the entry point of this paper, the need to explore areas in which teacher training or staff development should be conceived in order to transform migrant education. This was done in tandem with intriguing characteristics of migrant learners as well as a closer look at expected structural and managerial adjustments in education courtesy of migration and refugee crisis.

Family background, parenting practices, and child outcomes: Chinese migrants’ offspring in Hong Kong

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhuoni Zhang ◽  
Tianzhu Nie ◽  
Duoduo Xu
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Parental Education ◽  
Family Background ◽  
School Life ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Chinese Migrants ◽  
Migrant Families

Using data from the 2011 population census and the Hong Kong Panel Study of Social Dynamics, this paper examines the academic performance and non-cognitive skills of the children of Chinese migrants in Hong Kong aged 14 and below. Our analyses show that the poorer academic performance of Chinese migrants’ children results mainly from disadvantageous family background and parenting practices. Children of cross-border and migrant families do not differ from children of natives in Chinese, mathematics, or English, once parental education and parent–child communication about school life are controlled for. Children from migrant families have significantly higher levels of non-cognitive ability than children of natives. Our analyses also show that parental education is positively associated with Chinese and English performances; parents talking with children about school life significantly improves children’s performance in Chinese, mathematics, and English; and parental migrant status and parenting practices have positive effects on non-cognitive skills.

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