TY - BOOK AU - Nika Loladze PY - 2021 CY - Berlin, Germany PB - Peter Lang Verlag SN - 2509-4505 SN - 9783631859704 TI - Migratory Movements of Georgia's Greek Community T2 - The Impact of Current Socio-economic Transformations DO - 10.3726/b18822 UR - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1069061 N2 - This book investigates the interaction between complex transformational socio-economic processes, migratory vectors, and the role of ethnic belonging. It outlines the hitherto unexamined determining factors of the mass emigration of the Pontic and Urum Greeks of Georgia. The author addresses the following questions: How, if at all, did ethnic affiliation influence the decision-making process to emigrate? Therefore, should this migration be considered as a "repatriation" process, or should it rather be analyzed in the context of labor migration? The study triangulates qualitative and quantitative analyses of 47 interviews, spatial analysis, as well as materials on Georgia’s and the destination countries’ socioeconomic realities. This enables a clear understanding of the circumstances that stimulate emigration, the routes, and the experience of living abroad. LA - English ER -