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Migration Patterns and Core–Periphery Relations from the Central and Eastern-European Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2017

Ibolya Török
Ibolya Török*
Affiliation:
Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Geography, Hungarian Department of Geography, Kogălniceanu Street No. 1, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: ibolya.kurko@geografie.ubbcluj.ro
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Abstract

The aim of the paper is to present the current trends in the migration flows of Central and Eastern-European (CEE) countries in the light of socio-economic transition and core-periphery relations. To view migration as a broader process of social and economic development, post-accession mobility information will be analysed within a multi-scalar approach, across time and space, considering first the migration pattern from the CEE countries towards other EU regions in general, and then with a special emphasis on Romania in the light of the 2007 EU enlargement process. The spatial variation of migration was investigated using Moran’s I and Gi* statistics, which is a useful tool for identification of spatial patterns. Alongside the analysis of migration processes between receiving and sending areas (core and periphery regions) the author will discuss how the position of the core and periphery could change, with economic development taking place in a number of periodic waves. Based on the transnationalism paradigm, the author will also highlight the impact of migrants’ changed mobility practices and behaviour on the locality of origin.

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European Review , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , July 2017 , pp. 388 - 405
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© Academia Europaea 2017 

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