The article focuses on the Slovenian citizens in China in the 21st century. The authors consider their small numbers and national non-recognition as a distinctiveness in the fast-developing field of research on immigration in China. They discuss the immigration of Slovenian citizens through contrasting engagements with the Chinese economy and propose the analytical categories of “managers” and “entrepreneurs.” They link the former to the local emplacement based on the Slovenian companies’ production units in China and the drive for national groupness, and the latter to the search for niche opportunities in the huge Chinese market. The authors also address this temporality of the migration process and detail the interplay between macroeconomic factors and the individual decisions of its protagonists.
Keywords: immigration in China, emigrants, expats, groupness, entrepreneurship, labor migration

The article focuses on the Slovenian citizens in China in the 21st century. The authors consider their small numbers and national non-recognition as a distinctiveness in the fast-developing field of research on immigration in China. They discuss the immigration of Slovenian citizens through contrasting engagements with the Chinese economy and propose the analytical categories of “managers” and “entrepreneurs.” They link the former to the local emplacement based on the Slovenian companies’ production units in China and the drive for national groupness, and the latter to the search for niche opportunities in the huge Chinese market. The authors also address this temporality of the migration process and detail the interplay between macroeconomic factors and the individual decisions of its protagonists.
Keywords: immigration in China, emigrants, expats, groupness, entrepreneurship, labor migration

In his work The Native’s Return (1934), Louis Adamič navigates the complexities of multiculturalism, drawing on his experiences in both the polyethnic United States and the multinational Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The article explores Adamič’s multicultural awareness in his writings on Yugoslavia’s customs, social relations, culture, and politics. This analysis will provide insightful perspectives on Adamič’s representation of Yugoslavia in the American public sphere and how his American experience influenced his views on Yugoslav cultural and political situations.
Keywords: Louis Adamič, The Native’s Return, multiculturalism, return, cultural pluralism

In his work The Native’s Return (1934), Louis Adamič navigates the complexities of multiculturalism, drawing on his experiences in both the polyethnic United States and the multinational Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The article explores Adamič’s multicultural awareness in his writings on Yugoslavia’s customs, social relations, culture, and politics. This analysis will provide insightful perspectives on Adamič’s representation of Yugoslavia in the American public sphere and how his American experience influenced his views on Yugoslav cultural and political situations.
Keywords: Louis Adamič, The Native’s Return, multiculturalism, return, cultural pluralism

Using the concepts of care gap, transnationalization of care, and retirement migration—and based on interviews with stakeholders and an institutional analysis of care provision for older people in Slovenia and Croatia—the article examines retirement care migration between the two countries. It shows that the marketization of care in Croatia matches the care gap in public provision in Slovenia, which establishes “precarious hybrid transnational care.” Older people use two strategies—citizenship rights and the market—to access cheaper residential care across the border, though of lower quality than in Slovenia. The study shows that transnational care can arise out of specific national institutional configurations of care.
Keywords: care for older people, care gap, transnationalization of care, retirement migration, hybrid transnational care

Using the concepts of care gap, transnationalization of care, and retirement migration—and based on interviews with stakeholders and an institutional analysis of care provision for older people in Slovenia and Croatia—the article examines retirement care migration between the two countries. It shows that the marketization of care in Croatia matches the care gap in public provision in Slovenia, which establishes “precarious hybrid transnational care.” Older people use two strategies—citizenship rights and the market—to access cheaper residential care across the border, though of lower quality than in Slovenia. The study shows that transnational care can arise out of specific national institutional configurations of care.
Keywords: care for older people, care gap, transnationalization of care, retirement migration, hybrid transnational care

Conceptual frameworks on integration have moved from one to two-way integration, focusing on all residents in integration processes. This paper advocates a conceptual framework for “multi-way integration” (MUWI), which focuses explicitly on residents’ multiple identities and intersectionality to enhance connectivity and mutual understanding between all residents. The discussion also addresses factors impacting this connectivity, including social structures, social mechanisms, artifacts, and environments. The above dimensions and interconnections are not only relevant for researching integration processes but also for developing effective integration strategies.
Keywords: connectivity, migration, social mechanisms, artifacts, structures, environments

Conceptual frameworks on integration have moved from one to two-way integration, focusing on all residents in integration processes. This paper advocates a conceptual framework for “multi-way integration” (MUWI), which focuses explicitly on residents’ multiple identities and intersectionality to enhance connectivity and mutual understanding between all residents. The discussion also addresses factors impacting this connectivity, including social structures, social mechanisms, artifacts, and environments. The above dimensions and interconnections are not only relevant for researching integration processes but also for developing effective integration strategies.
Keywords: connectivity, migration, social mechanisms, artifacts, structures, environments

The article presents an analysis of immigration to Slovenia from (and through) the countries of the former SFRY. The framework of the analysis is an eclectic migration theory model, which synthesizes and upgrades existing migration theories. At the center of the model, the author places the world-systems theory, which is upgraded with findings of other key migration theories. Through the analysis of statistical data and interviews/conversations with experts and practitioners in Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as through the participation in the group for the preparation of the Slovenian Immigration Strategy, the author verifies the findings of the eclectic theoretical model on the case of immigration to Slovenia from (and through) the former SFRY.
Keywords: eclectic migration theory model, SFRY, Slovenia, migration theory

The article presents an analysis of immigration to Slovenia from (and through) the countries of the former SFRY. The framework of the analysis is an eclectic migration theory model, which synthesizes and upgrades existing migration theories. At the center of the model, the author places the world-systems theory, which is upgraded with findings of other key migration theories. Through the analysis of statistical data and interviews/conversations with experts and practitioners in Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as through the participation in the group for the preparation of the Slovenian Immigration Strategy, the author verifies the findings of the eclectic theoretical model on the case of immigration to Slovenia from (and through) the former SFRY.
Keywords: eclectic migration theory model, SFRY, Slovenia, migration theory