{"title":"Strawberries in Wintertime. Understanding Moldovan Transnational Family Lives by Unpacking the Senses and Memories of a Persistent Parcel-Sending Practice","authors":"Cristina Buza, Nanneke Winters","doi":"10.1111/glob.70023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/glob.70023","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article uses the phenomenon of parcel sending as a lens onto Moldovan transnationalism, unravelling how transnationalism is done, experienced and remembered from different subject positions. Through an ethnographic approach that emphasises a long-term and relational perspective on migration, this article explores the role of parcel-related memories and sensory dimensions, such as taste and smell, in understanding how migrants and their now-adult children remember and rationalise their transnational experiences. The research illustrates how memories of parcels are evoked through the senses, opening up migration stories beyond parcels’ immediate content and meanings, highlighting evolving children's experiences of their parents’ emigration on the one side, and revealing the hardship of migration journeys on the other. In conclusion, we suggest that studying sensory memories of parcels offers a productive direction for advancing (sensory) transnational migration research that is reflective of broader societal conditions and transformations.</p>","PeriodicalId":47882,"journal":{"name":"Global Networks-A Journal of Transnational Affairs","volume":"25 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/glob.70023","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144681016","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Donor Dependency, Embeddedness and Organizational Structure of Civil Society: An Analysis of a Global Sample of Actors Active in the Field of Corporate Accountability","authors":"Henry P. Rammelt, Marta Kołczyńska","doi":"10.1111/glob.70024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/glob.70024","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Faced with the growing influence of multinational corporations on global politics and economy, civil society organizations play an increasing role in holding corporations accountable for human rights violations and environmental degradation. However, the effectiveness of global civil society in this role and the consequences of power dynamics between donors and funded organizations for corporate accountability (CA) strategies are still disputed. This article uses original data on 290 civil society actors to examine the role of funding sources for the organizations’ repertoires and aims. The main findings reveal that receiving funding from state or government authorities reduces the probability of using contentious strategies, whereas funding from charities has no such effect. Funding from state or government authorities also diminishes the likelihood of organizations to pursue more radical claims such as economic reforms. Such funding, then, becomes an impediment to seeking structural change and to employing more radical repertoires. The article concludes that CA initiatives, while using the tools and resources that the current legal, economic and political system provides, can, at least potentially, fail to have the intended effect. Rather than challenging power and provoking structural change, they can contribute to cementing existing power structures and legitimizing dominant discourses.</p>","PeriodicalId":47882,"journal":{"name":"Global Networks-A Journal of Transnational Affairs","volume":"25 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/glob.70024","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144681015","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Migrants as Agents of Local Development in Their Homeland: Practices of Transnational Solidarity From Tuscany to Senegal","authors":"Ivana Acocella, Costanza Gasparo","doi":"10.1111/glob.70022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/glob.70022","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The article examines the practices of Senegalese migrants involved in collective solidarity initiatives towards their country of origin, reflecting on their role as agents of development and social change. Drawing on qualitative research conducted in Tuscany, it analyses four types of aid initiatives—village-based, religious, secular-multi-ethnic and international cooperation—through in-depth interviews with key actors from both formal and informal groups. The findings highlight how group organisational structures shape both the nature of the initiatives directed towards Senegal and their effectiveness within the broader migration–development nexus. Furthermore, they reveal how different solidarity actions express, in varying ways, the migrants’ bond with their homeland through implicit registers of meaning that forge relationships between promoters and beneficiaries. By engaging with analytical perspectives such as circular migration, flexible return strategies, translocality and transnational development approaches, the article proposes a critical analysis of the migration-development ‘mantra’, underscoring the need to move beyond simplistic or instrumental rhetoric, often dominated by destination countries.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47882,"journal":{"name":"Global Networks-A Journal of Transnational Affairs","volume":"25 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144666207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reversing the Gaze: Gendered Experiences of Migrants in the UK IT Sector","authors":"Gunjan Sondhi, Parvati Raghuram, Clem Herman","doi":"10.1111/glob.70025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/glob.70025","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article reverses the gaze on research on highly skilled migrant (HSM) women by analysing how the patriarchy of the destination country impacts their experience within the workplace. Most literature focuses on how HSM women's experiences in the workplace and at home in the destination country are shaped by the patriarchy of sending countries. This article turns the gaze on the destination country's patriarchal relations by utilising the experiences of HSM women within the workplace to note the effects of patriarchy within the destination country on non-migrants and the effects this has on migrant women's workplace interactions. We examine the gendered everyday experiences of the workplace of HSM Indian women working in IT in the United Kingdom through the lens of absence and presence: the absence of encounters with non-migrant women workers in the United Kingdom and the presence of non-migrant men in the workplace. The first reveals the unimagined gendered geographies of the IT sector in the United Kingdom, whereas the second reveals how the masculinist work culture within the UK IT sector is experienced. Reversing the gaze by analysing the patriarchal relations within the destination country offers a novel analytical method that allows us to extend current discussions around gender, work and highly skilled migration.</p>","PeriodicalId":47882,"journal":{"name":"Global Networks-A Journal of Transnational Affairs","volume":"25 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/glob.70025","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144666206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Digital Borders and Bordering Along the Vietnam–Australia Migration Corridor","authors":"Lan Anh Hoang","doi":"10.1111/glob.70021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/glob.70021","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Research on borders and bordering tends to focus on state-society relationships as well as the distinctions between insiders and outsiders, thereby glossing over the social hierarchies and internal politics of belonging among those on the move. As social media and networking platforms are becoming integral to cross-border migration, it is highly likely the very first borders that migrants encounter are virtual and internal. Drawing on 71 life history interviews with Vietnamese migrants to Australia and ethnographic observations conducted online and offline between 2019 and 2023, I discuss how bordering practices are performed and experienced by migrants in cyberspace as well as the values underpinning their norms of inclusion/exclusion. Migrants actively engage in ‘border work’, and in so doing, they construct and reconstruct narratives of ‘deservingness’ while concurrently reinforcing the social demarcations between those perceived as ‘outsiders’ and ‘insiders’. The paper invites rethinking of both modern borderscapes and bordering and enriches the scholarly debates on migrant solidarity.</p>","PeriodicalId":47882,"journal":{"name":"Global Networks-A Journal of Transnational Affairs","volume":"25 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/glob.70021","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144524709","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Role of Regional Demand in Pathways of Agro-Industrialization: Evidence From Small Maize Milling Firms in Tanzania","authors":"Hazel Gray","doi":"10.1111/glob.70020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/glob.70020","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The growth of regional demand in food chains is often assumed to offer particular opportunities to small-scale agro-processing firms in Africa, promising a route to a more inclusive pathway of industrialization for the continent. The aim of the article is to interrogate this assumption by providing a critical assessment of the impacts of Kenya's growing demand for maize flour on small maize milling firms in Tanzania. It uses an in-depth survey with small millers and interviews with actors in the value chain, combined with secondary manufacturing and trade data, to make a theoretical and empirical contribution to these debates. It offers an expanded conceptual framework to examine the direct and indirect temporal, spatial and political impacts of regional demand on market structure and competition. To conclude, it draws out the implications of focussing on regional demand for industrial policy, resilience and economic inclusion.</p>","PeriodicalId":47882,"journal":{"name":"Global Networks-A Journal of Transnational Affairs","volume":"25 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/glob.70020","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144520302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"‘I Slashed My Mom's Car Tires So We Wouldn't Have to Go Back to Germany’: (Non)Belonging and Mobility Among Descendants of Poles in Germany","authors":"Ewa Cichocka","doi":"10.1111/glob.70019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/glob.70019","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Despite growing scholarly interest in youth mobility, research among the descendants of migrants often focuses on travel between their country of residence and their parents' country of origin. This limited perspective risks obscuring the interconnections between different forms of mobility and their influence on individuals' lives. Drawing on autobiographical interviews with individuals raised by Polish parents in Germany, this article explores their varied transnational practices in relation to (non)belonging. While a growing body of literature addresses challenges faced by Eastern European migrants, their descendants receive less scholarly attention. Often perceived as ‘invisible’ due to assumptions of seamless integration, they nonetheless encounter stigma and exclusion. This study demonstrates how movements across different places and social contexts positioned participants in a liminal space of non-belonging and contributed to the devaluation, rejection, or romanticization of their connection to their parents' homeland. It argues that transnational mobility both reinforced non-belonging and served as a way of coping with it. By centring non-belonging, the study identifies the specific processes that led to it and its impact on life decisions.</p>","PeriodicalId":47882,"journal":{"name":"Global Networks-A Journal of Transnational Affairs","volume":"25 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/glob.70019","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144520242","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yvonne Su, Tyler Valiquette, Clara De Oliveira Cunha
{"title":"Networks of South–South Queer Forced Migration: LGBTQ+ Venezuelans in Northern Brazil During COVID-19","authors":"Yvonne Su, Tyler Valiquette, Clara De Oliveira Cunha","doi":"10.1111/glob.70017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/glob.70017","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study examines the effects of the pandemic on the social capital of Venezuelan LGBTQ+ refugees and migrants in northern Brazil. Based on 56 surveys and 28 semi-structured interviews with LGBTQ+ Venezuelan refugees and migrants in Manaus, 10 key informant interviews with politicians, NGOs, and UN staff in Brazil and participant observations in various shelters in northern Brazil, this paper shed light on the unique challenges faced by LGBTQ+ refugees and migrants during the pandemic and emphasize the importance of diverse social networks in providing support. Social capital research suggests that bonding social capital is crucial during crises. However, for respondents who face strained relationships with their families due to cultural and religious disapproval of their sexual orientation or gender identity, bonding ties were not a significant source of support before or during the pandemic. Instead, bridging ties with locals and linking ties with the government played more significant roles.</p>","PeriodicalId":47882,"journal":{"name":"Global Networks-A Journal of Transnational Affairs","volume":"25 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/glob.70017","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144520303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Halting Deportation Through Protest at Home: The Political Remittances of Transnational Gambian Anti-Deportation Activism","authors":"Judith Altrogge","doi":"10.1111/glob.70018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/glob.70018","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The government of The Gambia, a small West African nation with high emigration rates towards Europe, refused to accept deportations from the European Union for over 3 years. This deportation moratorium announced in March 2019 was preceded by public protests in Germany and The Gambia. The article traces how this contributed to the halt of deportations. Combining scholarly approaches on migrant activism and remittances, it applies the concept of transnational political remittances, which links the activism's impact to The Gambia's recent struggles for democratization after dictatorship. The analysis reveals how the conducted activism traverses common understandings of both remittances and migrant anti-deportation protest. Through its multidirectional transnationality, it reached political influence on the domestic and international levels. The analysis is based on qualitative data collected among civil society, government representatives and current and former migrants in Germany and The Gambia between 2017 and 2024, as well as document analysis.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47882,"journal":{"name":"Global Networks-A Journal of Transnational Affairs","volume":"25 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144339126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Migration as International Relations","authors":"A. K. M. Ahsan Ullah","doi":"10.1111/glob.70016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/glob.70016","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This article examines the transformation of migration from a domestic policy matter to a transnational concern with far-reaching global implications. Drawing on theoretical perspectives, such as realism, liberal institutionalism, constructivism and critical theories, the article explores how migration reshapes power dynamics, challenges traditional notions of sovereignty and influences international cooperation. The analysis highlights key debates in migration–international relations (IR) scholarship, focusing on the securitization of migration, the role of diasporas in diplomacy and the interplay between migration and global governance frameworks, such as the 1951 Refugee Convention and the Global Compact for Migration. By situating migration within historical and contemporary contexts, the article underscores its centrality to evolving international norms and state behaviour. This argues that migration is not merely a movement of people but a politically charged process integral to shaping global political order, requiring interdisciplinary approaches to address its complexities effectively.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47882,"journal":{"name":"Global Networks-A Journal of Transnational Affairs","volume":"25 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144256356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}