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Pojam »društvena mreža« u migraciji
The Notion of “Social Networks” in Migration

Author(s): Dimitrina Spencer, William Berthomière, Marie- Antoinette Hily
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Institut za migracije i narodnosti
Keywords: migration; social network; social theory;

Summary/Abstract: What it means to focus on the notion of “social network” from a migration point of view? By exploring this question, the authors describe the conceptual framework of this concept. Developed in the field of urban anthropology, with a scientific approach of the social combining “relation” and “situation”, the notion of network continued its career in the field of the sociology of the migrations. By introducing elements of complexity into the analysis, this notion made it possible to break with an approach based on the “communautarist” approach of the migrant groups.

  • Issue Year: 2006
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 335-342
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English
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