Social Networks and Migration: Relocations, Relationships and Resources [Paperback]

Leading migration researcher Louise Ryans 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.

GBLouise Ryan is Senior Professor of Sociology and Director of the Global Diversities and Inequalities Research Centre at London Metropolitan University.

From a high-profile migration researcher;

Based on rich qualitative data, including over 200 interviews, collected over 20 years to allow for comparative, long-term perspective on migration;

Unique range of participants including those who came at different times and through different routes;, usually researched separately.

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

The book is an important contribution to the study of migration and of social networks. FQS Since working with Irish migrant nurses in the early 2000s, Louise Ryan has established herself as a leading expert in migration studies. In Social Networks and Migration: Relocations, Relationships and Resources, she demonstrates her wide-ranging expertise by reflecting on data sets from seven qualitative studies of migrants in London. While mostlÃå