Mapping Social Remittances and ‘Segmented Development’ in Central and Eastern Europe
Mapping Social Remittances and ‘Segmented Development’ in Central and Eastern Europe

Summary/Abstract: Migratory remittances are inseparable components of development. At the same time, both these concepts are contested, with less than clear contours (Castles, de Haas and Miller 2009); development in particular is based predominately on ‘an assumption that something is moving from a lower, less differentiated status to a higher, better and more differentiated one’ (Hammar and Tamas 1997: 18). This includes the belief that some societies are the least, some less, and some the most developed or advanced (Hammar and Tamas 1997). In this sense, migration plays a key role as one of the symptoms of development.

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