Migration and Transnationalism Between Switzerland and Bulgaria
This book explores trends in migration from Bulgaria to Switzerland since Bulgaria joined the European Union (EU) in 2007. Due to several unique factors, this in-depth case study provides a basis for understanding transnational migration in a wider Europe
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Migration and Transnationalism Between Switzerland and Bulgaria
Marina Richter • Paolo Ruspini Dotcho Mihailov • Vesselin Mintchev Michael Nollert Editors
Migration and Transnationalism Between Switzerland and Bulgaria
Editors Marina Richter Social Policies and Social Work University of Fribourg Fribourg, Switzerland Dotcho Mihailov Agency for Socioeconomic Analyses Sofia, Bulgaria
Paolo Ruspini Faculty of Communication Sciences University of Lugano (USI) Lugano, Switzerland Vesselin Mintchev Economic Research Institute Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Sofia, Bulgaria
Michael Nollert Social Policies and Social Work University of Fribourg Fribourg, Switzerland
ISBN 978-3-319-31944-5 ISBN 978-3-319-31946-9 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-31946-9
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Foreword
In the European context, East–West migration has been a fertile ground for research for almost two decades as a consequence of the EU enlargement processes and the geographical and political reshaping of the European continent. EU enlargement raised a lot of expectations regarding the end of the East–West divide and the reunification of Europe as a single polity. The current political situation in different EU national contexts proves, however, to be a different reality. The concept of East as a category of alterity constructed by the Western narratives is far from being totally dismantled. Growing Euroscepticism and populist movements show that Vaclav Havel’s “wall in our heads”, namely, the mutual ignorance and prejudices built up during the decades of the Cold War division of Europe, still remains a difficult state of mind to eradicate. This persistent psychological mi
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