Reintegration strategies : conceptualizing how return migrants reintegrate

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This book critically examines and theorizes the process of how return migrants reintegrate into their countries of origin. The result is a new methodology for understanding the experiences of return migrants, or their 'reintegration strategies'. This approach demonstrates that reintegration strategies differ by type of return migrant, leading to variations in how far they are able to contribute to the development of their nation states. The author uses female return migration to Ethiopia as a case study, focusing on the impact of gender on reintegration strategies to analyse the connection between return migration and social change. This book will appeal to scholars of migration and refugee studies, as well as a wider audience of sociologists, anthropologists, demographers and policy makers. Read more... Abstract: This book critically examines and theorizes the process of how return migrants reintegrate into their countries of origin. The author uses female return migration to Ethiopia as a case study, focusing on the impact of gender on reintegration strategies to analyse the connection between return migration and social change. Read more... Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi Introduction (Katie Kuschminder)....Pages 1-28 Reintegration Strategies (Katie Kuschminder)....Pages 29-56 Structural and Cultural Environment of Female Return Migration to Ethiopia (Katie Kuschminder)....Pages 57-91 Overview of Female Return Migration to Ethiopia: Professionals, Students, and Domestics (Katie Kuschminder)....Pages 93-119 Reintegration Dimensions of the Analytical Groups (Katie Kuschminder)....Pages 121-151 Reintegration Strategies of Female Return Migrants to Ethiopia (Katie Kuschminder)....Pages 153-181 Conclusion (Katie Kuschminder)....Pages 183-196 Back Matter ....Pages 197-199