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The thesis assesses the development of the Catholic community in the Western ecclesiastical province of the Catholic Church in Scotland. It examines ecclesiastical developments, and also the specific impact of the Irish Catholic migrant: why, and when they came, in what numbers, and what reaction they received from native Scots Catholics and society at large. The response of the church in providing places of worship and clergy is discussed; as are the provision and impact of education and social welfare, and the consequent financial burden. The ability of the church to confirm and retain the religious commitment of its community is also examined, in the context of such problems as leakage and nonpractice, and in the face of the perceived threat represented by socialist, communist and secular ideologies. Through societies like the League of the Cross, the St. Vincent de Paul Society, and the Catholic Truth Society, the Catholic community sought to provide an all-embracing community life and ethos. And yet the thesis questions how effective such a policy could be in practice. Given the existence of issues like Irish Home Rule presenting an alternative focus of political loyalty, and the impact of gradual social and occupational change upon its adherents, a policy of exclusiveness could not prevent the permeation among the Catholic community, and its leaders, of the ideals and expectations of the civil society in which that community was placed. As in other cultures, the Catholic community in West Central Scotland had to resolve its own internal dissensions and difficulties, and to define its relationship with society at large.

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Using a micro-level frame of analysis, and working from in-depth interviews in Johannesburg's migrant-rich ‘urban estuaries,’ this research report considers participants’ personal, subjective, understanding of their own migrant-ness. The paper argues that theirs is a migrant subjectivity linked to the praxis of goal seeking, rather than the achievement of belonging. The goal seeking subjectivity is reified into pragmatic social strategies of network building, trust, and opportunity creation that undermine the concepts of generalized trust, communal social capital, and the host/migrant dichotomy. Personal subjectivies are rendered social. Denizens fill the social space with presentations and assessments of ‘mutual beneficence,’ and seek out demographically ambivalent networks of commonality.

La thèse porte sur les pratiques urbaines des migrants britanniques, canadiens, états-uniens et français qui travaillent et résident dans la ville de Séoul en Corée du Sud. Dans la continuité de travaux sur les pratiques urbaines des classes moyennes-supérieures et sur les migrations "qualifiées", nous interrogeons l’hétérogénéité sociale de ces migrants à partir de leurs pratiques résidentielles, scolaires et migratoires. L’enquête combine soixante-dix entretiens et l’exploitation de données quantitatives (recensements, visas accordés). Les résultats montrent que ces migrants forment une "mosaïque sociale" dont les pratiques à Séoul correspondent à celles des classes moyennes et moyennes supérieures dans leurs pays respectifs. Leurs pratiques résidentielles correspondent, selon les cas, à la recherche d’un entre-soi ou, au contraire, à la recherche d’une diversité sociale. Leurs pratiques scolaires témoignent de stratégies dont la socialisation à "l’international" est la pierre angulaire. Bien que leurs statuts et pratiques soient hétérogènes, nous constatons que ces personnes disposent lors de leur migration en Corée du Sud de privilèges liés à leurs nationalités et leur classe d’origine. L’aisance avec laquelle ils migrent et trouvent un emploi est le résultat de politiques migratoires asymétriques entre leurs pays d’origines et la Corée du Sud. Ce privilège migratoire permet à ces personnes d’accumuler, selon leurs trajectoires, des ressources économiques, sociales et culturelles à Séoul. La thèse explore les pratiques de ces « migrants privilégiés » à Séoul et entend apporter une contribution à la sociologie des migrations, urbaine et des classes sociales. / This thesis focuses on the urban practices of British, Canadian, American and French migrants who work and live in Seoul, South Korea. In line with the academic research on urban practices of the middle and upper-middle classes and on skilled migrations, we will question the social heterogeneity of these migrants through the study of their residential, schooling and migration practices. This research combines seventy interviews with quantitative analysis (census, immigration data). Results show that these migrants form a "social patchwork" whose practices in Seoul fit with those of the middle and upper-middle classes in their respective countries. Depending on the cases, their housing practices correspond either to a quest for self-segregation or, in contrast, for "international" socialization. Schooling practices show strategies for which "international" socialization is a cornerstone. Although their statuses and practices are heterogeneous, we find that these people have, during their migration in South Korea, privileges linked to their nationalities and class origins. The ease with which they migrate and find employment is the result of asymmetric migration policies between their countries of origin and South Korea. This migration privilege allows them to accumulate, depending on their trajectories, economical, social and cultural resources in Seoul. The thesis explores the practices of "privileged migrants" in Seoul and aims to contribute to the sociology of migration, to urban sociology, and to social class analysis.

Thesis advisor: Margaret Eletta Guider / Thesis (STL) — Boston College, 2011. / Submitted to: Boston College. School of Theology and Ministry. / Discipline: Sacred Theology.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Florida, 2009. / Title from title page of source document. Document formatted into pages; contains 212 pages. Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references.