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Migration, Social Identities and Regionalism within the Caribbean Community

Voices of Caribbean People

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Authors:
  1. Oral I. Robinson

    1. Department of Sociology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

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  • Combines key theoretical debates with the viewpoints of ordinary citizens from all 15 Caribbean community member countries
  • Synthesizes discussions of regionalism, citizenship and identity, and intra-Caribbean migration in the 21st century
  • Contributes not only to such academic fields as sociology, international relations, politics, human geography, and history, but also to policy and practice in Caribbean society

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Understanding Caribbean Societies Historically, Theoretically and Methodologically

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction: The Caribbean Community (CARICOM)—Integration, Intra-Regional Migration and Identities

      • Oral I. Robinson
      Pages 3-21

    3. A Concise Migration History of the Caribbean Community

      • Oral I. Robinson
      Pages 23-42

    4. Theorizing Migration and Identities

      • Oral I. Robinson
      Pages 43-59

    5. Towards an Online Methodology for Overcoming Cross-National Challenges in Social Research

      • Oral I. Robinson
      Pages 61-81

  3. The Bases of Social Identities in the Caribbean

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
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    2. Caribbean Identity: Myth or Fact?

      • Oral I. Robinson
      Pages 85-103

    3. Meaning and Drivers of the CARICOM Identity

      • Oral I. Robinson
      Pages 105-121

    4. Regionalism and the CARICOM Identity

      • Oral I. Robinson
      Pages 123-141

  4. Migration, Citizenship and Identities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143
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    2. Migration and Attachments to CARICOM

      • Oral I. Robinson
      Pages 145-161

    3. Lived Experiences and Attachments to CARICOM

      • Oral I. Robinson
      Pages 163-178

    4. Conclusions: Reconciling Practice, Policy and Theory in Caribbean Migration

      • Oral I. Robinson
      Pages 179-187

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 189-196
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About this book

This book offers a theoretical and substantive analysis of intra-Caribbean migration, perception of regionalism, and the construction of identities among Caribbean nationals. Through a multi-methods study in the 15 member countries of the Caribbean community, Oral Robinson explores how intra-Caribbean migrants experience living within different member countries, and how these experiences and perceptions influence ideas about citizenship, belonging, and identity. Responding directly to the lack of scholarship on how Caribbean nationals feel about integration and/or free movement within their own countries and other Caribbean countries, this volume attempts to understand Caribbean societies historically, theoretically, and methodologically; proposes bases of social identities in the Caribbean; and examines how intra-Caribbean migrants negotiate their identities and narrate their lived experiences as intra-Caribbean migrants. The book offers policy solutions based upon its findings, reconciling practice, theory, and migration policies in the Caribbean.

Reviews

‘Focusing on The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), this book explores the relationship between regional integration and identity formation as it intersects with intra-regional migration. The analysis identifies factors that foster variable yet relatively limited identification with CARICOM. Scholars interested in regional identities and/or in Caribbean societies should read this well-researched book.’—Daniel Béland, Professor of Political Science, McGill University, Canada


‘Simultaneously panoramic and precise, this remarkable monograph provides a compelling narrative and incisive account of the realities of integration and identities within the Caribbean Community.’
—Dominic Pasura, Lecturer in Sociology, University of Glasgow, UK, and author of African Transnational Diasporas (2014) 


Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Sociology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

    Oral I. Robinson

About the author

Oral I. Robinson is a lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of British Columbia. He specializes in Caribbean issues, culture, development and the scholarship of teaching and learning. His teaching includes Survey & Research Methods, Race & Ethnic Relations, Sociology of Families and Sociology of Development.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Migration, Social Identities and Regionalism within the Caribbean Community

  • Book Subtitle: Voices of Caribbean People

  • Authors: Oral I. Robinson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47745-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-47744-8Published: 09 August 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-47747-9Published: 10 August 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-47745-5Published: 08 August 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 196

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Political Sociology, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Migration

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