Original scientific paper

Different Approaches to Return Migration: the Case of Croatia

Jasna Čapo Žmegač orcid.org/0000-0001-6181-2860 ; Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Reasearch, Šubićeva 42, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The author discusses some generally accepted interpretations of return migrations inside the framework of migrational theories of assimilation, multiculturalism and transnationalism. Firstly, the author shows that the research of return practices inside the assimilational and multicultural paradigms was neglected only in immigration countries, but not in the countries of emigration. Secondly, contrary to certain interpretations, the author thinks that through redefining the classic dichotomies in migrational research, the transnational paradigm has provided new insights in return migrations. Finally, discussing different forms of return in the context of Croatian Diaspora, the author thinks that return migration can also be defined as a form of immigration.

Keywords

migration research paradigms; diaspora; return migration; Croats

Hrčak ID:

62238

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/62238

Publication date:

15.12.2010.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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