DR Kristin Surak's Outputs (3)

Migration Industries and Developmental States in East Asia (2012)
Book Chapter
Surak, K. (2012). Migration Industries and Developmental States in East Asia. In T. Gammeltoft-Hansen, & N. Nyberg Sorensen (Eds.), The Migration Industry and the Commercialization of International Migration (89-110). Routledge

The emerging field of migration industry studies has refocused attention on the entrepreneurial infrastructures—labor recruitment, money-lending, transportation, remittance, documentation, and communication services—vital for directing movement betwe... Read More about Migration Industries and Developmental States in East Asia.

Nation-Work: A Praxeology of Making and Maintaining Nations (2012)
Journal Article
Surak, K. (2012). Nation-Work: A Praxeology of Making and Maintaining Nations. European Journal of Sociology, 53(2), 171-204. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003975612000094

This article bridges the literatures on nationalist projects and everyday nationhood by elucidating a repertoire of actions shared by both. Analysis of such “nation-work” contributes to the cognitive turn in ethnicity and nationalism research by show... Read More about Nation-Work: A Praxeology of Making and Maintaining Nations.

Die Ethniztätsindustrie (2012)
Journal Article
Surak, K. (2012). Die Ethniztätsindustrie. Lettre international, 114-118