TY - JOUR

T1 - The scope and content of the migration process

T2 - Theoretical definition and operationalization of objects of migration studies

AU - Lisitsyn, Pavel P.

PY - 2017/1/1

Y1 - 2017/1/1

N2 - The paper is oriented toward re-thinking classical categories in migration studies developed in Russian scholarly literature. The author provides definitions adjusted for the needs of empirical sociological research. The theoretical reasoning and empirical findings presented in the paper are based on researches organized and conducted by the International Research Laboratory «Transnationalism and migration pro cesses: comparative and institutional analysis» in 2009-2015. The author proposes his reading of the terms: «migration process» (in its theoretical and empirical interpretations), «emigrant», «immigrant», and «immigrant status». In opposition to the approach commonly practiced in Russian academic literature the paper introduces the division of the migration process into two (not three) stages: the first stage includes actions aimed at receiving the migrant status; the second stage represents actions carried out to lose the migrant status. The article contains the author's classification of immigrants according to their status: labor, education, culture, service, family or forced immigrants. The author also proposes criteria for the operationalization of different types of immigrants according to their formal characteristics and informal practices.

AB - The paper is oriented toward re-thinking classical categories in migration studies developed in Russian scholarly literature. The author provides definitions adjusted for the needs of empirical sociological research. The theoretical reasoning and empirical findings presented in the paper are based on researches organized and conducted by the International Research Laboratory «Transnationalism and migration pro cesses: comparative and institutional analysis» in 2009-2015. The author proposes his reading of the terms: «migration process» (in its theoretical and empirical interpretations), «emigrant», «immigrant», and «immigrant status». In opposition to the approach commonly practiced in Russian academic literature the paper introduces the division of the migration process into two (not three) stages: the first stage includes actions aimed at receiving the migrant status; the second stage represents actions carried out to lose the migrant status. The article contains the author's classification of immigrants according to their status: labor, education, culture, service, family or forced immigrants. The author also proposes criteria for the operationalization of different types of immigrants according to their formal characteristics and informal practices.

KW - Emigrant

KW - Immigrant

KW - Immigrant classification

KW - Immigrant status

KW - Migration

KW - Migration process

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85020413685&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.14515/monitoring.2017.1.02

DO - 10.14515/monitoring.2017.1.02

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85020413685

VL - 137

SP - 11

EP - 28

JO - МОНИТОРИНГ ОБЩЕСТВЕННОГО МНЕНИЯ: ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКИЕ И СОЦИАЛЬНЫЕ ПЕРЕМЕНЫ

JF - МОНИТОРИНГ ОБЩЕСТВЕННОГО МНЕНИЯ: ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКИЕ И СОЦИАЛЬНЫЕ ПЕРЕМЕНЫ

SN - 2219-5467

IS - 1

ER -