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First trip abroad: expectations, experiences and stories of transnational Romanians
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Abstract The chapter “First trip abroad: expectations, experiences and stories of transnational Romanians” analyses transnational Romanians’ stories about their first trip abroad using the EUMEAN dataset. The concept of physical mobility is seen as a broader framework for understanding transnational and cosm... view more
The chapter “First trip abroad: expectations, experiences and stories of transnational Romanians” analyses transnational Romanians’ stories about their first trip abroad using the EUMEAN dataset. The concept of physical mobility is seen as a broader framework for understanding transnational and cosmopolitan behaviours as well as international migration. In order to distinguish between different types of travelling for the first trip abroad, the chapter is constructed keeping in mind the structural changes and constraints regarding physical mobility for Romanian citizens. During the transition from a communist country to a EU member state, Romanian citizens’ stories about travelling abroad for the first time fundamentally changed. Labour migrants, asylum seekers, business travellers, students or tourists left the country with different expectations and faced different problems at destination. Their attitudes toward origin and destination framed their images about the first trip abroad. Using a qualitative approach and samples of Romanians who live in Denmark, Germany, Italy, Romania, Spain and the United Kingdom, the analysis emphasizes certain differences between different types of travelling for the first time abroad and reconstructs how Romanians started their transnational careers.... view less
Keywords
EU; student; qualitative interview; Romania; foreign countries; asylum seeker; Europeanization; everyday life; European integration; european identity; mobility; transnationalization; globalization; academic exchange; tourism; identification; migration; travel; transnationality; cosmopolitanism
Classification
Migration, Sociology of Migration
General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories
Free Keywords
EUCROSS; cross-border mobility; cross-border practices; cross-border transactions; collective identification; virtual mobility; everyday transnationalism; physical mobility; labour migration; business traveler; transnational career; cross-border business; cross-border shopping; migration motive
Collection Title
Romanians’ Social Transnationalism in the Making
Editor
Croitoru, Alin; Sandu, Dumitru; Tudor, Elena
Document language
English
Publication Year
2014
Page/Pages
p. 28-44
Series
EUCROSS Working Paper, 8
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications