Manolis Pratsinakis
Biographic Data
| ID | 1255984 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Manolis Pratsinakis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Manolis |
| FAMILY NAME | Pratsinakis |
| SIGNATURE | PRATSINAKIS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford UK |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2832-2514 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 81 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Diaspora Engagement in Times of Severe Economic Crisis
One improves here every day
This paper examines narratives of learning and occupational advancement amongst migrants employed in ‘low-skilled’ jobs, based on in-depth interviews with secondary-educated East and South Europeans living in the London region. Our findings indicate that many achieved varying degrees of professional gratification, progress, and skills development within occupational sectors typically associated with unattractive conditions, limited benefits or op…
Ethnic return migration, exclusion and the role of ethnic options
Drawing on ethnographic research, this paper explores the reasons why and the processes through which the Greeks from the former Soviet Union altered their self‐identification after migration to their ethnic homeland. Responding to their labelling by the native Greeks and the doubts expressed about their Greekness, most introduce themselves as Pontians, even though the area of Pontos was not a marker of identification for them in the Soviet Union…
Special Issue Introduction
This paper introduces the special issue on ‘Intra‐EU mobilities in times of crisis'. Intra‐EU mobility has emerged as an ambivalent phenomenon. On the one hand, EU‐wide opinion polls still depict freedom of movement as the most positive aspect of European integration. On the other hand, with nationalism and xenophobia on the rise, migration and mobility are increasingly problematized and challenged. Shifting attention from the master narratives a…
A Crisis‐Driven Migration? Aspirations and Experiences of the Post‐2008 South European Migrants in London
Since the 1990s young South Europeans have been attracted to London by the dynamic labour market and cultural radiance of the city, but also pushed by unfavourable conditions in the labour markets of their origin countries. Subsequently, the Eurozone crisis, austerity politics and their socio‐political consequences have markedly intensified migration rates. But did they also signify a rupture in terms of the motivations, experiences and aspiratio…
Collective Charisma, Selective Exclusion and National Belonging
This chapter explores the theoretical relevance of Elias and Scotson’s established-outsider model for the study of everyday nationhood. Based on an ethnography of the relationship between Greek immigrants from the former Soviet Union and native-born Greeks in a neighborhood in Thessaloniki, it shows how everyday practices marking the cultural difference between the two communities made native Greeks doubt the Greekness of the Soviet Greeks. The ‘…
Crisis and the resurgence of emigration from Greece
In the context and conjuncture of the crisis affecting the Eurozone as whole, yet shaking mostly its “weakest links”, rising unemployment and steep decreases in salaries and welfare allowances are cited as push factors contributing to what is seen as the emergence of a newemigration wave from Southern Europe. This is especially true for Greece, the country which has been hit hardest by the crisis, recession and austerity, and their social and pol…
Living together in multi-ethnic cities
This paper explores the extent to which people of different origins, natives and migrants, come together in everyday life in Europe. Instead of looking at overall ‘perceptions’ and ‘stances’, which are context-dependent and mediated through political-ideological currents and discourses as well as broader patterns of prejudice, we focus on sustained close contacts that suggest meaningful and organic relationships. Since it is most often people of …
Established and outsider nationals
Ideologies of national belonging and related perceptions of the need to secure the boundedness of the national entity prevail in the design of migration policy in the western world. The same ideologies also account for discourses and policies questioning the belongingness of immigrants after settlement. Prolonged stays by migrants, especially those of low class standing, are seen as a threat to the social cohesion and cultural homogeneity of the …
Resistance and Compliance in Immigrant-Native Figurations
Focusing on two immigrant populations and their relationships with their native neighbours in Thessaloniki, Greece, this paper highlights that immigrant–native relations are not only cultural relations but also power configurations unfolding through a symbolic contestation over defining the nation and who belongs to it. In everyday interaction, immigrants' behaviour is judged by natives according to the degree of their compliance to the native no…
Aspirations and strategies of Albanian immigrants in Thessaloniki
The bulk of the literature in migration studies is written from a state perspective; very little research positions immigrants centre-stage. When that is the case, it is mostly in relation to the
Established and outsider nationals
Ideologies of national belonging and related perceptions of the need to secure the boundedness of the national entity prevail in the design of migration policy in the western world. The same ideologies also account for discourses and policies questioning the belongingness of immigrants after settlement. Prolonged stays by migrants, especially those of low class standing, are seen as a threat to the social cohesion and cultural homogeneity of the …
One improves here every day
This paper examines narratives of learning and occupational advancement amongst migrants employed in ‘low-skilled’ jobs, based on in-depth interviews with secondary-educated East and South Europeans living in the London region. Our findings indicate that many achieved varying degrees of professional gratification, progress, and skills development within occupational sectors typically associated with unattractive conditions, limited benefits or op…
Aspirations and strategies of Albanian immigrants in Thessaloniki
The bulk of the literature in migration studies is written from a state perspective; very little research positions immigrants centre-stage. When that is the case, it is mostly in relation to the
A Crisis‐Driven Migration? Aspirations and Experiences of the Post‐2008 South European Migrants in London
Since the 1990s young South Europeans have been attracted to London by the dynamic labour market and cultural radiance of the city, but also pushed by unfavourable conditions in the labour markets of their origin countries. Subsequently, the Eurozone crisis, austerity politics and their socio‐political consequences have markedly intensified migration rates. But did they also signify a rupture in terms of the motivations, experiences and aspiratio…
Resistance and Compliance in Immigrant-Native Figurations
Focusing on two immigrant populations and their relationships with their native neighbours in Thessaloniki, Greece, this paper highlights that immigrant–native relations are not only cultural relations but also power configurations unfolding through a symbolic contestation over defining the nation and who belongs to it. In everyday interaction, immigrants' behaviour is judged by natives according to the degree of their compliance to the native no…
Living together in multi-ethnic cities
This paper explores the extent to which people of different origins, natives and migrants, come together in everyday life in Europe. Instead of looking at overall ‘perceptions’ and ‘stances’, which are context-dependent and mediated through political-ideological currents and discourses as well as broader patterns of prejudice, we focus on sustained close contacts that suggest meaningful and organic relationships. Since it is most often people of …
Ethnic return migration, exclusion and the role of ethnic options
Drawing on ethnographic research, this paper explores the reasons why and the processes through which the Greeks from the former Soviet Union altered their self‐identification after migration to their ethnic homeland. Responding to their labelling by the native Greeks and the doubts expressed about their Greekness, most introduce themselves as Pontians, even though the area of Pontos was not a marker of identification for them in the Soviet Union…
Special Issue Introduction
This paper introduces the special issue on ‘Intra‐EU mobilities in times of crisis'. Intra‐EU mobility has emerged as an ambivalent phenomenon. On the one hand, EU‐wide opinion polls still depict freedom of movement as the most positive aspect of European integration. On the other hand, with nationalism and xenophobia on the rise, migration and mobility are increasingly problematized and challenged. Shifting attention from the master narratives a…
Aspirations and strategies of Albanian immigrants in Thessaloniki
The bulk of the literature in migration studies is written from a state perspective; very little research positions immigrants centre-stage. When that is the case, it is mostly in relation to the
Resistance and Compliance in Immigrant-Native Figurations
Focusing on two immigrant populations and their relationships with their native neighbours in Thessaloniki, Greece, this paper highlights that immigrant–native relations are not only cultural relations but also power configurations unfolding through a symbolic contestation over defining the nation and who belongs to it. In everyday interaction, immigrants' behaviour is judged by natives according to the degree of their compliance to the native no…
Collective Charisma, Selective Exclusion and National Belonging
This chapter explores the theoretical relevance of Elias and Scotson’s established-outsider model for the study of everyday nationhood. Based on an ethnography of the relationship between Greek immigrants from the former Soviet Union and native-born Greeks in a neighborhood in Thessaloniki, it shows how everyday practices marking the cultural difference between the two communities made native Greeks doubt the Greekness of the Soviet Greeks. The ‘…
Crisis and the resurgence of emigration from Greece
In the context and conjuncture of the crisis affecting the Eurozone as whole, yet shaking mostly its “weakest links”, rising unemployment and steep decreases in salaries and welfare allowances are cited as push factors contributing to what is seen as the emergence of a newemigration wave from Southern Europe. This is especially true for Greece, the country which has been hit hardest by the crisis, recession and austerity, and their social and pol…
Living together in multi-ethnic cities
This paper explores the extent to which people of different origins, natives and migrants, come together in everyday life in Europe. Instead of looking at overall ‘perceptions’ and ‘stances’, which are context-dependent and mediated through political-ideological currents and discourses as well as broader patterns of prejudice, we focus on sustained close contacts that suggest meaningful and organic relationships. Since it is most often people of …
Established and outsider nationals
Ideologies of national belonging and related perceptions of the need to secure the boundedness of the national entity prevail in the design of migration policy in the western world. The same ideologies also account for discourses and policies questioning the belongingness of immigrants after settlement. Prolonged stays by migrants, especially those of low class standing, are seen as a threat to the social cohesion and cultural homogeneity of the …
A Crisis‐Driven Migration? Aspirations and Experiences of the Post‐2008 South European Migrants in London
Since the 1990s young South Europeans have been attracted to London by the dynamic labour market and cultural radiance of the city, but also pushed by unfavourable conditions in the labour markets of their origin countries. Subsequently, the Eurozone crisis, austerity politics and their socio‐political consequences have markedly intensified migration rates. But did they also signify a rupture in terms of the motivations, experiences and aspiratio…
Special Issue Introduction
This paper introduces the special issue on ‘Intra‐EU mobilities in times of crisis'. Intra‐EU mobility has emerged as an ambivalent phenomenon. On the one hand, EU‐wide opinion polls still depict freedom of movement as the most positive aspect of European integration. On the other hand, with nationalism and xenophobia on the rise, migration and mobility are increasingly problematized and challenged. Shifting attention from the master narratives a…
One improves here every day
This paper examines narratives of learning and occupational advancement amongst migrants employed in ‘low-skilled’ jobs, based on in-depth interviews with secondary-educated East and South Europeans living in the London region. Our findings indicate that many achieved varying degrees of professional gratification, progress, and skills development within occupational sectors typically associated with unattractive conditions, limited benefits or op…
Ethnic return migration, exclusion and the role of ethnic options
Drawing on ethnographic research, this paper explores the reasons why and the processes through which the Greeks from the former Soviet Union altered their self‐identification after migration to their ethnic homeland. Responding to their labelling by the native Greeks and the doubts expressed about their Greekness, most introduce themselves as Pontians, even though the area of Pontos was not a marker of identification for them in the Soviet Union…
Diaspora Engagement in Times of Severe Economic Crisis
Political science (11 works) · Law (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (6 works) · Immigration (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works)