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Dahinden, Janine
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Dahinden, Janine
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- PublicationAccès libreSexual nationalism and asylum in Switzerland: How deservingness and credibility are created in the discourse about asylum claims pertaining to sexual orientation and gender identityDans les dernières décennies, les caractéristiques des demandes d'asile en Suisse ont significativement changé. Une nouveauté est l'augmentation des demandes basées sur la persécution liée à l'orientation sexuelle, à l'identité et à l'expression de genre, ainsi qu'aux caractéristiques sexuelles (OSIEGCS) - tant en termes de nombre de demandes que de sujets de débats politiques. Comme dans d'autres pays, cette catégorie de demandes s'avère être une question liée à des discours préexistants de nationalisme sexuel et à la configuration et à l’architecture précis du système d'asile. Le projet nationaliste de la Suisse - comme dans de nombreux autres pays d'Europe occidentale - est façonné par des idées supposément libérales, progressistes et humanitaires - tandis que les systèmes d'asile deviennent de plus en plus restrictifs. Dans ce contexte, cette dissertation, compose de trois articles scientifiques, répond à la question de recherche suivante : Comment le discours sur l'asile queer en Suisse interagit-il avec le nationalisme sexuel dominant et le système d'asile restrictif du pays ? J'examine ce discours à deux niveaux distincts. D'abord, pour le niveau public-politique, je démontré que les acteurs concernés produisent des récits basés sur le 'mérite' qui fonctionnent comme un moyen de filtrer et de trier l'accès : certaines demandes sont jugées 'méritantes' alors que d'autres ne le sont pas. L’acceptation d’une partie des demandes alimente l'idéal d'être une nation (queer-) libérale et humanitaire. Les autres demandes, jugées 'non méritantes', sont donc exclues. Ensuite, au niveau du discours juridique, je montre que les attentes liées aux affaires OSIEGCS ont conduit à une importance amplifiée des évaluations de vraisemblance et de la représentation légale pour les affaires liées à l’OSIEGCS devant les tribunaux. Sur le plan empirique, la thèse s'inscrit dans une méthodologie mixte qui combine des sources de données et des analyses quantitatives ainsi que qualitatives. Mon corpus de données se compose d'articles de journaux, de procès-verbaux parlementaires, d’entretiens avec des experts et de plus de 44 000 décisions de cas de recours. Grâce à ces données, je produis non seulement une analyse qualitative et critique du discours, mais aussi une analyse quantitative de ce discours basée sur les données textuelles. Le premier article se concentre sur le niveau public-politique du discours sur l'asile queer. J'examine quels récits de mérite peuvent être trouvés en Suisse. Je constate que, notamment, les imaginaires géopolitiques, les notions occidentales de queerness, de vulnérabilité et de vraisemblance sont des récits centraux dans les débats sur le mérite.
- PublicationRestriction temporaireWhat Is the Nexus between Migration and Mobility? A Framework to Understand the Interplay between Different Ideal Types of Human Movement(2024)
; ; ; ; ; Categorising certain forms of human movement as ‘migration’ and others as ‘mobility’ has far-reaching consequences. We introduce the migration–mobility nexus as a framework for other researchers to interrogate the relationship between these two categories of human movement and explain how they shape different social representations. Our framework articulates four ideal-typical interplays between categories of migration and categories of mobility: continuum (fluid mobilities transform into more stable forms of migration and vice versa), enablement (migration requires mobility, and mobility can trigger migration), hierarchy (migration and mobility are political categories that legitimise hierarchies of movement) and opposition (migration and mobility are pitted against each other). These interplays reveal the normative underpinnings of different categories, which we argue are too often implicit and unacknowledged. - PublicationAccès libreSexual asylum regimes and politics of belonging: Narratives of deservingness in the political-public discourse in Switzerland(2024)
; ; This article explores the ways in which narratives of deservingness in the field of sexual asylum become crucial elements of national border drawing and boundary work, and important instruments of a politics of belonging. Switzerland is a particularly interesting case study in which to explore these issues due to the supposed humanitarian tradition on the one hand and conservative policies on gender and sexuality issues on the other hand. Drawing on literature on belonging and sexual nationalism, we conduct a qualitative analysis of textual data representing the political–public discourse. Four interconnected narratives of deservingness regarding the sexual asylum regime were isolated: (1) postcolonial geopolitics of national imaginaries; (2) Eurocentric/Western representations of queerness and a corresponding politics of the queer body; (3) hierarchizing categories of vulnerability; and (4) a general narrative of (dis)belief. We argue that the political–public discourse on sexual asylum should be understood as part of a broader moral economy concerned with the creation and definition of the Swiss community and its politics of belonging. - PublicationAccès libreTransnational mobility networks and academic social capital among early‐career academics: beyond common‐sense assumptions(2020-10-12)
; ; Academic mobility is increasingly presented as indispensable for a successful academic career. This imperative is rooted in the assumption that mobility contributes to academic excellence because it allows academics to build transnational academic networks. Based on biographical interviews and an analysis of the mobility networks of early‐career academics at three universities (Zurich, Cambridge, and UCLA), we examine the composition of these academics’ networks at different times and discuss the role of transnational ties within them. We find that increased mobility does indeed result in more transnational networks, but it does not increase academic social capital. The additional transnational ties mainly consist of transnational kinship and friendship relations. Furthermore, the mobility of early‐career academics triggers various forms of mobility among their family members. Finally, early‐career academics can build transnational academic ties without necessarily becoming mobile themselves, thanks to the mobility of higher‐ranked academics. - PublicationMétadonnées seulement"How Transnational are Migrants in Switzerland? An Analysis of the Migration-Mobility-Transnationality Nexus"Transnational studies have been in vogue for the past two decades. Nevertheless, there remain important knowledge gaps concerning migrants’ transnational formations. First, most of the literature relies on qualitative case studies. The few existing quantitative studies have shown that transnationality is far from being a “lifestyle” and that factors other than individual preferences are at play. Second, most studies in this field focus on one nationally defined group, which renders impossible the elaboration of an overall model of transnationality that goes beyond description. Third, few studies have tried to link the question of transnationality simultaneously to migration and mobility. To address these gaps, we propose here an analysis of migrant transnationality based on the Migration-Mobility Survey. We define transnationality along three dimensions. We make a distinction between transnational (pre-and-post-migration) mobilities, network transnationality and transnational belonging. We use regression models and multiple correspondence analysis to identify the prevalence of transnationality and the main determinants of transnational patterns. The analysis confirms the hypothesis that transnationality can be linear – an “automatic effect” of migration – resource-dependent, but also reactive upon discrimination. Migrant transnationality can simultaneously be a sign of possessing high resources – most importantly, in terms of legal capital, education and economic resources – or of discrimination. Furthermore, our analysis brings to light five ideal-typical configurations of what we call the Migration-Mobility-Transnationality Nexus. Our analysis contributes to this book by investigating the Migration-Mobility-Nexus with respect to transnationality, going beyond the normative ideas of migration and mobility by integrating them analytically into one model.
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- PublicationMétadonnées seulementRemittance Behaviour of Serbian Migrants living in Switzerland(Neuchâtel: Swiss Forum for Migration and Population Studies (SFM), 2007)
; ; - PublicationAccès libreRemittance behaviour of Serbian migrants living in Switzerland(2007)
; ; Given the growing importance of migrant remittances for transition economies, their impact on economic development is a major policy concern. The study focuses on the supply side of these financial flows by assessing the remittance behaviour of Serbian migrants in Switzerland, one of the major immigrant countries in Europe. The majority of Serbs in Switzerland are involved in interpersonal economic transfers to Serbia. The large majority of senders use informal remittances channels. An economic integration of the migrant households, as well as close transnational relations increase not only the likelihood to remit but also the amounts transferred. The stability of remittances may depend on future migration flows, since the amounts sent drop when length of stay increases.