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Brokerage in cross-border mobility: social mechanisms and the (re)production of social inequalities
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Abstract Brokerage is an essential yet understudied function in social life. In one of the classics in the field of sociology, Georg Simmel differentiated three types of the "third" which help to analyse brokerage: the disinterested mediator or arbitrator, tertius gaudens and divide et impera. Studies that c... view more
Brokerage is an essential yet understudied function in social life. In one of the classics in the field of sociology, Georg Simmel differentiated three types of the "third" which help to analyse brokerage: the disinterested mediator or arbitrator, tertius gaudens and divide et impera. Studies that conceptualise traffickers and smugglers as brokers are extremely rare. Scholars lack a typology which can serve as a basis for comparative research. To advance scholarship on brokerage this article seeks to develop a conceptual-typological matrix by setting out to explore three questions: Why does brokerage exist? What kind of social mechanism is brokerage? What are the implications of brokerage for social inequalities and equalities? The analysis concludes with the consequences of different types of brokerage for the (re)production of social inequalities.... view less
Keywords
social inequality; real estate agent; migration; equality; impact
Classification
General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Free Keywords
sozialer Mechanismus
Document language
English
Publication Year
2014
Page/Pages
p. 38-52
Journal
Social Inclusion, 2 (2014) 4
ISSN
2183-2803
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution