Sònia Parella
Biographic Data
| ID | 3734546 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sònia Parella |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sònia |
| FAMILY NAME | Parella |
| SIGNATURE | PARELLA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 54 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Destination Barcelona: Migration processes in a historical and contemporary perspective
The city of Barcelona, one of the major cultural and economic centres in southern Europe, has a long tradition of migration. This article focuses on two of the quantitatively most important migration phases in the history of the city which occurred in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries: the first comprised migrants from other regions of Spain and the second an intense influx of foreign migrants that began in the late 1980s and continues tod…
Social trust and support for immigrants' social rights in Spain
Immigration is one of the most contested issues in contemporary political life because of its possible implications for state welfare provisions of receiving countries. There is a fear that rising immigration will erode public support for social policies that benefit immigrants, particularly in contexts of economic crisis. However, some believe that social trust is a determining factor that may mitigate such anti-immigrant attitudes. We test both…
Educational Achievement Among Children of Latin American Immigrants in Spain
Generational cohorts versus national origin: Explaining the educational attainment among children of Latin American immigrants in Spain
Over the last 25 years, Spain has experienced a significant increase of Latin American immigrants, which has raised questions about their children’s adaptation process. Yet, there is little evidence on the factors that explain school success or failure among this group. This paper aims to fill this gap by using data from the Longitudinal Study of the Second Generation in Spain (ILSEG is its Spanish acronym). The findings show that the children of…
Framing inclusion: The media treatment of irregular immigrants' right to health care in Spain
With the passing of Royal Decree-Law 16/2012, Spain's national health system switched from a model defined by universal and free health care principles, to a private insurance system that excluded large population groups. Based on a qualitative research design, this paper examines the media treatment of undocumented immigrants’ prerogatives to public health care in Spain (2012–2018). The analysis of 234 articles, drawn from three major Spanish ne…
E-Learning y empoderamiento de las trabajadoras del hogar centroamericanas en Barcelona en tiempos de Covid-19: El caso del Cite
This article focuses on the case of Central American female domestic and care workers in Barcelona, many of whom live and work as undocumented migrants and are unaware of their rights and the mechanisms to exercise them. The Trade Union Confederation of Workers’ Commissions, from its CITE association, has vast experience in training foreigners through the delivery of face-to-face workshops on labor rights that have enabled their empowerment. With…
Planning to Go Back Home Because of the Economic Crisis? Evidence from the Short-Term Return Intentions of Bolivian Migrants in Spain
On the basis of data collected by the RETTRANS survey (2011–2012) on Bolivian migrants living in Spain, this article aims to identify the influence of the 2008 economic crisis on the determinants marking the migrants’ return intention. In this regard, there is a need to incorporate the concept of double embeddedness based on migrants’ social networks (meso level), the way migration is imbricated in persons’ lives (micro level); and how, at a macr…
Sufrimiento social y migraciones de retorno: Una propuesta conceptual
El artículo pone de relieve cómo el sufrimiento social, concebido como manifestación de la opresión social y la injusticia incorporada en el individuo, posee atributos que atraviesan las distintas etapas del retorno migratorio, etapas que se encuentran marcadas por procesos transnacionales y multilocales. A tal efecto, el Modelo VIA -compuesto por los ejes analíticos de vulnerabilidad, incertidumbre y asistencia- permite describir, interpretar y …
Social welfare grey zones: How and Why Subnational Actors Provide When Nations Do Not
In an era where even citizenship is not a guarantee of access to the welfare state, can non-citizens gain access to social protection? Using health care as a lens, and the United States and Spain as cases, we find that non-citizens do have access to social protection via what we call ‘grey zones’, namely points of disagreement between national and local governments that create opportunities for non-citizens. Grey zones are possible due to process…
Return Intentions of Bolivian Migrants During the Spanish Economic Crisis: The Interplay of Macro-Meso and Micro Factors
Las perspectivas transnacionales para el análisis de la protección social en contextos migratorios
We live in an age marked by a central inconsistency: social life is increasingly transnational, while resources of access to social protection continue, to a large extent, associated to the modern territorial state. In response to this, transnational families use international mobility to expand the possibilities of accessing social protection resources provided by welfare states or generated through the circulation of care and remittances transf…
The second generation in Spain: Some reflections on the results of Ilseg study
After a brief account of the findings of the project Longitudinal Study of the Second Generation in Spain (ILSEG), an eight-year-long project which constitutes the first representative study of the outcomes of children of immigrant during their adaptation process in Spain, some reflections concerning the results are shown. Firstly, implications for second generation of significant variations at the subnational level are discussed. Secondly, in sp…
Los vínculos afectivos y de cuidado en las familias transnacionales. Migrantes ecuatorianos y peruanos en España
Este texto se centra en el análisis de un tipo de vínculos que nos permite aproximarnos a las prácticas de carácter transnacional de los migrantes desde una dimensión familiar y desde la imbricación entre la esfera productiva y reproductiva: los vínculos de gestión del afecto y del cuidado. Se parte del vivir transnacional como foco analítico central para abordar las relaciones y prácticas que conectan a los migrantes con sus sociedades de origen…
Revisiting the 'ethnic enclave economy: Resilient adaptation of small businesses in times of crisis in Spain
The term ‘ethnic enclave economy’, defined as a special case of ethnic economy, was formulated more than 25 years ago and since then has been subject to a great debate. Spatially concentrated businesses have for a long time been viewed as particularly anomalous and their economic significance for the society has been overlooked. Yet, recent processes of economic globalisation have generated growing demands for small and flexible businesses in urb…
Impact of Circular Migration on Human, Political and Civil Rights: A Global Perspective
Educational and Occupational Ambitions among the Spanish 'Second Generation: The Case of Barcelona
Using the first wave of Longitudinal Study of the Second Generation (ILSEG in its Spanish acronym), this study examines the determinants of educational and occupational expectations among the children of immigrants in Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. With over one-in-four births in Catalonia belonging to foreign-born mothers, the multi-ethnicisation of the youngest segments of the Catalan population has become a demographic reality. We present a se…
El retorno desde una perspectiva transnacional
El presente artículo analiza el retorno a partir de la perspectiva transnacional de las migraciones. Con este análisis el texto reflexiona sobre la complejidad que significa pensar el retorno en una época en que las migraciones están fuertemente marcadas por prácticas sociales transnacionales. Además de examinar el retorno desde la perspectiva transnacional de las migraciones, el texto también tiene como objetivo hacer una presentación sucinta de…
The Upward Occupational Mobility of Immigrant Women in Spain
This paper studies the upward occupational mobility trajectories of immigrant women performing unskilled work as a first job in Spain. The goals of the research are to go beyond the debate that focuses on the structural elements that condition their labour trajectories in Spain and to include both personal factors and the way in which these women use their agency in order to shape their labour trajectories. Factores explicativos de la diversifica…
Cohesión social e inmigración. Aportaciones científicas y discursos político
A pesar de ser uno de los conceptos más recurrentes entre la comunidad científica y en los discursos políticos, la cohesión social carece de una definición rigurosa y compartida que aglutine toda su complejidad. En el presente artículo, a partir de una revisión de las distintas aportaciones científicas, se definen tres dimensiones de la cohesión social: la cultural, la redistributiva de recursos y la relacional (capital social). Estas tres dimens…
Factores explicativos de los discursos y estrategias de conciliación del ámbito laboral y familiar de las mujeres inmigradas no comunitarias en España
La dificultat de conciliar l’àmbit familiar, personal i laboral és comuna a la majoria de dones amb fills petits a càrrec que participen en el mercat de treball. No obstant això, els recursos que tenen les dones per afrontar aquesta dificultat són, sens dubte, desiguals i, per tant, també ho són les estratègies de conciliació al seu abast. La posició de vulnerabilitat de les famílies immigrants no comunitàries en l’estructura social permet explic…
Negocios étnicos. Los comercios de los inmigrantes no comunitarios en Cataluña
Migration und Interkulturalität in Großbritannien, Deutschland und Spanien
Políticas de formación para mujeres inmigrantes. El caso de la ciudad de Barcelona
L’article exposa els resultats d’un treball centrat en l’anàlisi de les polítiques de formació adreçades a les dones immigrants estrangeres en un context local precís, la ciutat de Barcelona. L’estudi presenta el material resultant d’un taller de recerca en el marc d’una assignatura de doctorat de Sociologia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona). A més del material descriptiu sobre els programes existents, s’han utilitzat tècniques qualitatives bas…
El impacto de la inmigración en la sociedad receptora
El articulo presenta un modelo para analizar el impacto de la inmigracion teniendo en cuenta los condicionantes materiales y los factores institucionales que inciden, mediatizados por los medios de comunicacion de masas, en tres dimensiones: la seguridad ciudadana, la identidad cultural y la competencia por los recursos, de la sociedad receptora. Si bien este modelo se diseno para llevar a cabo el analisis comparativo del impacto de la inmigracio…
Irregular employment amongst migrants in Spanish cities
This article presents data on the employment situation of non‐European Union immigrants in Spain. This type of economic migration is heterogeneous by country of origin and level of education. Once in Spain, the majority of immigrants (most of them Moroccan) find work in domestic service (mainly women), hotel and restaurant services, the building industry and retail trade. Migrants in agriculture work in irregular situations and under worse labour…
El impacto de la inmigración en la sociedad receptora
El articulo presenta un modelo para analizar el impacto de la inmigracion teniendo en cuenta los condicionantes materiales y los factores institucionales que inciden, mediatizados por los medios de comunicacion de masas, en tres dimensiones: la seguridad ciudadana, la identidad cultural y la competencia por los recursos, de la sociedad receptora. Si bien este modelo se diseno para llevar a cabo el analisis comparativo del impacto de la inmigracio…
Educational and Occupational Ambitions among the Spanish 'Second Generation: The Case of Barcelona
Using the first wave of Longitudinal Study of the Second Generation (ILSEG in its Spanish acronym), this study examines the determinants of educational and occupational expectations among the children of immigrants in Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. With over one-in-four births in Catalonia belonging to foreign-born mothers, the multi-ethnicisation of the youngest segments of the Catalan population has become a demographic reality. We present a se…
El retorno desde una perspectiva transnacional
El presente artículo analiza el retorno a partir de la perspectiva transnacional de las migraciones. Con este análisis el texto reflexiona sobre la complejidad que significa pensar el retorno en una época en que las migraciones están fuertemente marcadas por prácticas sociales transnacionales. Además de examinar el retorno desde la perspectiva transnacional de las migraciones, el texto también tiene como objetivo hacer una presentación sucinta de…
The Upward Occupational Mobility of Immigrant Women in Spain
This paper studies the upward occupational mobility trajectories of immigrant women performing unskilled work as a first job in Spain. The goals of the research are to go beyond the debate that focuses on the structural elements that condition their labour trajectories in Spain and to include both personal factors and the way in which these women use their agency in order to shape their labour trajectories. Factores explicativos de la diversifica…
Generational cohorts versus national origin: Explaining the educational attainment among children of Latin American immigrants in Spain
Over the last 25 years, Spain has experienced a significant increase of Latin American immigrants, which has raised questions about their children’s adaptation process. Yet, there is little evidence on the factors that explain school success or failure among this group. This paper aims to fill this gap by using data from the Longitudinal Study of the Second Generation in Spain (ILSEG is its Spanish acronym). The findings show that the children of…
Framing inclusion: The media treatment of irregular immigrants' right to health care in Spain
With the passing of Royal Decree-Law 16/2012, Spain's national health system switched from a model defined by universal and free health care principles, to a private insurance system that excluded large population groups. Based on a qualitative research design, this paper examines the media treatment of undocumented immigrants’ prerogatives to public health care in Spain (2012–2018). The analysis of 234 articles, drawn from three major Spanish ne…
Social welfare grey zones: How and Why Subnational Actors Provide When Nations Do Not
In an era where even citizenship is not a guarantee of access to the welfare state, can non-citizens gain access to social protection? Using health care as a lens, and the United States and Spain as cases, we find that non-citizens do have access to social protection via what we call ‘grey zones’, namely points of disagreement between national and local governments that create opportunities for non-citizens. Grey zones are possible due to process…
The second generation in Spain: Some reflections on the results of Ilseg study
After a brief account of the findings of the project Longitudinal Study of the Second Generation in Spain (ILSEG), an eight-year-long project which constitutes the first representative study of the outcomes of children of immigrant during their adaptation process in Spain, some reflections concerning the results are shown. Firstly, implications for second generation of significant variations at the subnational level are discussed. Secondly, in sp…
Revisiting the 'ethnic enclave economy: Resilient adaptation of small businesses in times of crisis in Spain
The term ‘ethnic enclave economy’, defined as a special case of ethnic economy, was formulated more than 25 years ago and since then has been subject to a great debate. Spatially concentrated businesses have for a long time been viewed as particularly anomalous and their economic significance for the society has been overlooked. Yet, recent processes of economic globalisation have generated growing demands for small and flexible businesses in urb…
Negocios étnicos. Los comercios de los inmigrantes no comunitarios en Cataluña
Social trust and support for immigrants' social rights in Spain
Immigration is one of the most contested issues in contemporary political life because of its possible implications for state welfare provisions of receiving countries. There is a fear that rising immigration will erode public support for social policies that benefit immigrants, particularly in contexts of economic crisis. However, some believe that social trust is a determining factor that may mitigate such anti-immigrant attitudes. We test both…
Return Intentions of Bolivian Migrants During the Spanish Economic Crisis: The Interplay of Macro-Meso and Micro Factors
Cohesión social e inmigración. Aportaciones científicas y discursos político
A pesar de ser uno de los conceptos más recurrentes entre la comunidad científica y en los discursos políticos, la cohesión social carece de una definición rigurosa y compartida que aglutine toda su complejidad. En el presente artículo, a partir de una revisión de las distintas aportaciones científicas, se definen tres dimensiones de la cohesión social: la cultural, la redistributiva de recursos y la relacional (capital social). Estas tres dimens…
Irregular employment amongst migrants in Spanish cities
This article presents data on the employment situation of non‐European Union immigrants in Spain. This type of economic migration is heterogeneous by country of origin and level of education. Once in Spain, the majority of immigrants (most of them Moroccan) find work in domestic service (mainly women), hotel and restaurant services, the building industry and retail trade. Migrants in agriculture work in irregular situations and under worse labour…
Irregular employment amongst migrants in Spanish cities
This article presents data on the employment situation of non‐European Union immigrants in Spain. This type of economic migration is heterogeneous by country of origin and level of education. Once in Spain, the majority of immigrants (most of them Moroccan) find work in domestic service (mainly women), hotel and restaurant services, the building industry and retail trade. Migrants in agriculture work in irregular situations and under worse labour…
Políticas de formación para mujeres inmigrantes. El caso de la ciudad de Barcelona
L’article exposa els resultats d’un treball centrat en l’anàlisi de les polítiques de formació adreçades a les dones immigrants estrangeres en un context local precís, la ciutat de Barcelona. L’estudi presenta el material resultant d’un taller de recerca en el marc d’una assignatura de doctorat de Sociologia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona). A més del material descriptiu sobre els programes existents, s’han utilitzat tècniques qualitatives bas…
El impacto de la inmigración en la sociedad receptora
El articulo presenta un modelo para analizar el impacto de la inmigracion teniendo en cuenta los condicionantes materiales y los factores institucionales que inciden, mediatizados por los medios de comunicacion de masas, en tres dimensiones: la seguridad ciudadana, la identidad cultural y la competencia por los recursos, de la sociedad receptora. Si bien este modelo se diseno para llevar a cabo el analisis comparativo del impacto de la inmigracio…
Migration und Interkulturalität in Großbritannien, Deutschland und Spanien
Negocios étnicos. Los comercios de los inmigrantes no comunitarios en Cataluña
Factores explicativos de los discursos y estrategias de conciliación del ámbito laboral y familiar de las mujeres inmigradas no comunitarias en España
La dificultat de conciliar l’àmbit familiar, personal i laboral és comuna a la majoria de dones amb fills petits a càrrec que participen en el mercat de treball. No obstant això, els recursos que tenen les dones per afrontar aquesta dificultat són, sens dubte, desiguals i, per tant, també ho són les estratègies de conciliació al seu abast. La posició de vulnerabilitat de les famílies immigrants no comunitàries en l’estructura social permet explic…
Cohesión social e inmigración. Aportaciones científicas y discursos político
A pesar de ser uno de los conceptos más recurrentes entre la comunidad científica y en los discursos políticos, la cohesión social carece de una definición rigurosa y compartida que aglutine toda su complejidad. En el presente artículo, a partir de una revisión de las distintas aportaciones científicas, se definen tres dimensiones de la cohesión social: la cultural, la redistributiva de recursos y la relacional (capital social). Estas tres dimens…
El retorno desde una perspectiva transnacional
El presente artículo analiza el retorno a partir de la perspectiva transnacional de las migraciones. Con este análisis el texto reflexiona sobre la complejidad que significa pensar el retorno en una época en que las migraciones están fuertemente marcadas por prácticas sociales transnacionales. Además de examinar el retorno desde la perspectiva transnacional de las migraciones, el texto también tiene como objetivo hacer una presentación sucinta de…
The Upward Occupational Mobility of Immigrant Women in Spain
This paper studies the upward occupational mobility trajectories of immigrant women performing unskilled work as a first job in Spain. The goals of the research are to go beyond the debate that focuses on the structural elements that condition their labour trajectories in Spain and to include both personal factors and the way in which these women use their agency in order to shape their labour trajectories. Factores explicativos de la diversifica…
Educational and Occupational Ambitions among the Spanish 'Second Generation: The Case of Barcelona
Using the first wave of Longitudinal Study of the Second Generation (ILSEG in its Spanish acronym), this study examines the determinants of educational and occupational expectations among the children of immigrants in Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. With over one-in-four births in Catalonia belonging to foreign-born mothers, the multi-ethnicisation of the youngest segments of the Catalan population has become a demographic reality. We present a se…
Impact of Circular Migration on Human, Political and Civil Rights: A Global Perspective
Los vínculos afectivos y de cuidado en las familias transnacionales. Migrantes ecuatorianos y peruanos en España
Este texto se centra en el análisis de un tipo de vínculos que nos permite aproximarnos a las prácticas de carácter transnacional de los migrantes desde una dimensión familiar y desde la imbricación entre la esfera productiva y reproductiva: los vínculos de gestión del afecto y del cuidado. Se parte del vivir transnacional como foco analítico central para abordar las relaciones y prácticas que conectan a los migrantes con sus sociedades de origen…
Revisiting the 'ethnic enclave economy: Resilient adaptation of small businesses in times of crisis in Spain
The term ‘ethnic enclave economy’, defined as a special case of ethnic economy, was formulated more than 25 years ago and since then has been subject to a great debate. Spatially concentrated businesses have for a long time been viewed as particularly anomalous and their economic significance for the society has been overlooked. Yet, recent processes of economic globalisation have generated growing demands for small and flexible businesses in urb…
Las perspectivas transnacionales para el análisis de la protección social en contextos migratorios
We live in an age marked by a central inconsistency: social life is increasingly transnational, while resources of access to social protection continue, to a large extent, associated to the modern territorial state. In response to this, transnational families use international mobility to expand the possibilities of accessing social protection resources provided by welfare states or generated through the circulation of care and remittances transf…
The second generation in Spain: Some reflections on the results of Ilseg study
After a brief account of the findings of the project Longitudinal Study of the Second Generation in Spain (ILSEG), an eight-year-long project which constitutes the first representative study of the outcomes of children of immigrant during their adaptation process in Spain, some reflections concerning the results are shown. Firstly, implications for second generation of significant variations at the subnational level are discussed. Secondly, in sp…
Sufrimiento social y migraciones de retorno: Una propuesta conceptual
El artículo pone de relieve cómo el sufrimiento social, concebido como manifestación de la opresión social y la injusticia incorporada en el individuo, posee atributos que atraviesan las distintas etapas del retorno migratorio, etapas que se encuentran marcadas por procesos transnacionales y multilocales. A tal efecto, el Modelo VIA -compuesto por los ejes analíticos de vulnerabilidad, incertidumbre y asistencia- permite describir, interpretar y …
Social welfare grey zones: How and Why Subnational Actors Provide When Nations Do Not
In an era where even citizenship is not a guarantee of access to the welfare state, can non-citizens gain access to social protection? Using health care as a lens, and the United States and Spain as cases, we find that non-citizens do have access to social protection via what we call ‘grey zones’, namely points of disagreement between national and local governments that create opportunities for non-citizens. Grey zones are possible due to process…
Return Intentions of Bolivian Migrants During the Spanish Economic Crisis: The Interplay of Macro-Meso and Micro Factors
Planning to Go Back Home Because of the Economic Crisis? Evidence from the Short-Term Return Intentions of Bolivian Migrants in Spain
On the basis of data collected by the RETTRANS survey (2011–2012) on Bolivian migrants living in Spain, this article aims to identify the influence of the 2008 economic crisis on the determinants marking the migrants’ return intention. In this regard, there is a need to incorporate the concept of double embeddedness based on migrants’ social networks (meso level), the way migration is imbricated in persons’ lives (micro level); and how, at a macr…
Framing inclusion: The media treatment of irregular immigrants' right to health care in Spain
With the passing of Royal Decree-Law 16/2012, Spain's national health system switched from a model defined by universal and free health care principles, to a private insurance system that excluded large population groups. Based on a qualitative research design, this paper examines the media treatment of undocumented immigrants’ prerogatives to public health care in Spain (2012–2018). The analysis of 234 articles, drawn from three major Spanish ne…
E-Learning y empoderamiento de las trabajadoras del hogar centroamericanas en Barcelona en tiempos de Covid-19: El caso del Cite
This article focuses on the case of Central American female domestic and care workers in Barcelona, many of whom live and work as undocumented migrants and are unaware of their rights and the mechanisms to exercise them. The Trade Union Confederation of Workers’ Commissions, from its CITE association, has vast experience in training foreigners through the delivery of face-to-face workshops on labor rights that have enabled their empowerment. With…
Educational Achievement Among Children of Latin American Immigrants in Spain
Generational cohorts versus national origin: Explaining the educational attainment among children of Latin American immigrants in Spain
Over the last 25 years, Spain has experienced a significant increase of Latin American immigrants, which has raised questions about their children’s adaptation process. Yet, there is little evidence on the factors that explain school success or failure among this group. This paper aims to fill this gap by using data from the Longitudinal Study of the Second Generation in Spain (ILSEG is its Spanish acronym). The findings show that the children of…
Destination Barcelona: Migration processes in a historical and contemporary perspective
The city of Barcelona, one of the major cultural and economic centres in southern Europe, has a long tradition of migration. This article focuses on two of the quantitatively most important migration phases in the history of the city which occurred in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries: the first comprised migrants from other regions of Spain and the second an intense influx of foreign migrants that began in the late 1980s and continues tod…
Social trust and support for immigrants' social rights in Spain
Immigration is one of the most contested issues in contemporary political life because of its possible implications for state welfare provisions of receiving countries. There is a fear that rising immigration will erode public support for social policies that benefit immigrants, particularly in contexts of economic crisis. However, some believe that social trust is a determining factor that may mitigate such anti-immigrant attitudes. We test both…
Political science (20 works) · Sociology (16 works) · Economics (12 works) · Geography (11 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (11 works) · Demographic economics (8 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (8 works) · Humanities (8 works) · Immigration (8 works) · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (8 works)