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Balkans and Baltics: on migration as a factor of regional peripheralization
journal contribution
posted on 2018-10-29, 16:25 authored by Aija LulleThis paper proposes a critical comparative reflection on migration as a factor of peripheralization processes in the Western Balkan and Baltic regions. In their respective geographical positions, the Western Balkans and the Baltics stand at different ends of the European map: south-east and north-east. Regarding their historical and political positions, however, these are very diverse: the Western Balkans were part of Yugoslavia (except Albania) while the Baltic republics (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) were annexed to the Soviet Union after the Second World War. Currently, Croatia is already a member of the European Union, as the three Baltic countries are, while the rest of the Western Balkans are not. The article argues that apart from economic and geographical factors, usually taken into account in describing peripheries and cores, migration processes and discourses powerfully construct some places as dynamically moving towards a ‘core’ while others remain confined to a ‘periphery’. By paying special attention to ‘scientific discourses’, the aim is to broaden our understanding of theories and practices of peripheralization, where migration tends to be under-theorized.
History
School
- Social Sciences
Department
- Geography and Environment
Published in
Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern StudiesVolume
21Issue
1Pages
27 - 42Citation
LULLE, A., 2018. Balkans and Baltics: on migration as a factor of regional peripheralization. Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, 21 (1), pp.27-42.Publisher
© Taylor & Francis (Routledge)Version
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publisher statement
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies on 4 December 2018, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/19448953.2018.1532684.Acceptance date
2018-10-06Publication date
2018-12-04ISSN
1944-8953eISSN
1944-8961Publisher version
Language
- en