Description
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.
About the Author
Louise Ryan is Senior Professor of Sociology and Director of the Global Diversities and Inequalities Research Centre at London Metropolitan University.
Reviews
"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
Book Information
ISBN 9781529213553
Author Louise Ryan
Format Paperback
Page Count 214
Imprint Bristol University Press
Publisher Bristol University Press
