Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Foreword x
5. Introducing the Moral of the Story 1
6. PART I Reframing Concepts of Time, Space and Capital
7. CHAPTER 1 The Twilight of Transnational Migration Studies 29
8. PART II Embedding Reciprocity
9. CHAPTER 2 The Moral Economy of Transnational Reciprocity 57
10. CHAPTER 3 Life ‘Here’ and ‘There’ during COVID-19 84
11. PART III Migrating Women and Social Positioning
12. CHAPTER 4 Transnational Negotiation of Human Dignity 111
13. CHAPTER 5 Beyond the ‘Strong’ and ‘Weak’ Ties Divide 142
14. PART IV Return and Remittances
15. CHAPTER 6 Social and Moral Remittances of Diaspora in Homeland Politics 167
16. CHAPTER 7 Are Transnationals ‘Real’ Agents of Change? 190
17. PART V Migration as Crisis
18. CHAPTER 8 Building Transnational Social Networks in the Aftermath of the Crisis of the Venezuelan Nation State 225
19. CHAPTER 9 Migration as Crisis 243
20. Afterword 266
21. Index 271