Implications of migration flows on the community life of a Romanian village. A case study of Biled, Timis County, Romania.

Autor/inn/en	Dinca, Melinda; Ceausescu, Ania
Titel	Implications of migration flows on the community life of a Romanian village. A case study of Biled, Timis County, Romania. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Implikation von Migrationsströmen auf das Gemeinschaftsleben eines rumänischen Dorfs. Eine Fallstudie von Biled, Grafschaft Timis, Rumänien.
Quelle	Aus: Roth, Klaus (Hrsg.): Migration in, from, and to Southeastern Europe. Part 2, ways and strategies of migrating. Berlin: Lit Verl. (2011) S. 247-264Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	Ethnologia Balkanica. 14/2010
Beigaben	Tabellen 3
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Sammelwerksbeitrag
ISBN	978-3-643-10896-8
Schlagwörter	Kind; Dorf; Kolonialismus; Kreuzzug; Gemeinwesen; Invasion; Migration; Nachsozialistische Gesellschaft; Soziokulturelle Entwicklung; Ethnische Herkunft; Rumänien
Abstract	"The phenomenon of migration has always existed, manifesting itself through transhumance, invasion, colonization and crusades. The strong appeal of the more prosperous regions for the poorer populations has often been a determining factor for migration flows. Whether it receives immigrants or provides emigrants, the Romanian village Biled was and remains significantly involved in the social phenomena of internal and external migration. Located in the historical region of Banat, Biled has undergone mang stages of migration. The two World Wars and the post-war period, as well as communism, brought significant changes to the ethnic composition of Biled, and substantial transformations in the social, cultural, economic, and demographic evolution of the community. Our study focuses on the socio-cultural effects of the internal and external migratory phenomena on the community of Biled. These effects have an impact on all social classes and categories. At the macro level, we have an ageing population that cannot contribute significantly to the socio-economic development of the Romanian rural society. It is difficult to transmit the socio-cultural reproduction of the habits, traditions and cultural practices intergenerationally without the active participation of the working age population of the village. Moreover, the direct effects on the education and personal development of children from families with one or both parents who have left to work abroad are very significant. However, we decided to give more attention to the sociocultural distance between different ethnic, regional, and religious groups from the current community and to make an analysis of the main causes and effects of the migration flows in recent decades in Biled." (author's abstract).
Erfasst von	GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Mannheim
Update	2012/1