title: Kinship networks and child fostering in labor migration from Ilocos, Philippines to Italy.
abstract: "This paper is an attempt to analyze the process of contemporary overseas labor migration from a village in the Ilocos region in the Philippines to Italy. As such, it will seek to outline the basic characteristics of the process of migration and examine them in relation to the local social structure. It will demonstrate how the Ilocanos responded to new opportunities of migration by manipulating existing social relations. Particular attention will be given to the process of constructing kinship networks among the migrants and the practice of fosterage in the homeland community, both of which are considered as adaptive processes to the new migration opportunity."
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nagasaka
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001210:Asia, Southeastern; D001519:Behavior; D002668:Child Rearing; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005060:Europe; D005190:Family; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005581:Foster Home Care; D007558:Italy; D010679:Philippines; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012922:Social Change; D014171:Transients and Migrants
keywords: Asia; Behavior; Child Rearing; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Europe; Family And Household; Fostering; International Migration; Italy; Kinship Networks; Labor Migration; Mediterranean Countries; Migration; Philippines; Population; Population Dynamics; Social Development; Southeastern Asia; Southern Europe