KnjigaCROATIA’S (HIDDEN) POTENTIAL – Highly skilled, young remigrants as agents of change
- Autorice: Caroline Hornstein Tomić, Maja Kurilić i Dora Bagić
- Biblioteka ELABORATI
- Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar
- Zagreb, 2023. – 90 str.
- ISBN 978-953-8404-32-0
- 1. Research design
- 1.1 Focus and topics
- 1.1.1. The ‘millennials’ or ‘transition generation’
- 1.1.2. Exploring remigration
- 1.1.3. Research communication and outreach
- 1.2 Methodology
- 1.3 Academic discourse
- 1.3.1. Effects of European Union labour and career mobility on sending countries
- 1.3.2. Transnational mobility, temporary migration, multiple belonging
- 1.3.3. The migration and development nexus, social remittances, change agency
- 1.3.4. Remigration and development in Croatian academic discourse
- 2. Local context
- 2.1. Migration dynamics
- 2.1.1. Croatia’s ‘tradition’ of emigration
- 2.1.2. Migration trends before and after EU accession
- 2.1.3. Age structure of the emigrant population
- 2.2 Policy and legislative responses
- 2.2.1. Diaspora outreach and strategies to attract return
- 2.2.2. Academic mobility and internationalization strategies
- 2.2.3. Legal provisions to attract international workforce and temporary residents
- 2.3. Remigrants in media discourse
- 2.3.1. The ‘homecomer’
- 2.3.2. The ‘entrepreneur’
- 2.3.3. The ‘changemaker’
- 2.4. Social Media
- 3. Interview and focus group analysis
- 3.1. Main motivations for return
- 3.1.1. Social aspects and life cycle
- 3.1.2. Identity and belonging
- 3.1.3. Employment and economic stability
- 3.1.4. Lifestyle
- 3.2. (Re)integration experiences
- 3.2.1. Professional terms and contexts
- 3.2.2. Administrative terms and contexts
- 3.2.3. Social terms and contexts
- 3.3. Professional and social contributions to development
- 3.3.1. Professional activities
- 3.3.2. Social engagement
- 4. Croatia’s potential
- 5. Conclusions and outlook
- Bibliography
- Abstract
- Sažetak
- About the authors
- Appendix A – Informed Consent Form
- Appendix B – Confirmation of the Ethical Commission
- Appendix C – Interview questionnaire
