本研究試圖探討在臺越南籍移工的跨國活動與跨國認同的程度,以及越南籍移工對融入臺灣社會有哪些跨國活動與認同影響.為此目的; 採用跨國主義與移工融入的概念來解譯越南籍的移工跨境活動及跨國認同, 以及確認整合變數相應來解釋移工跨國活動及融入影響的結果.該分析是根據對越南籍移工在高雄與臺南市深入訪談的資料.研究結果表示, 大多數越南籍移工對經濟及社會文化領域都有常規跨國活動, 並被認為對越南是正面的.越南籍移工的跨國活動與認同成功地促進了經濟整合, 但不良的社會融入, 並不直接影響跨國參與與文化融合.

This thesis tries to explore to what extent Vietnamese migrant workers in Taiwan are involved in transnational activities and what transnational identification they have, as well as examine the effects of transnational activities and identification on the integration into Taiwanese society. For this purpose, the concepts of transnationalism and migration integration are used to explain the cross-border activities and transnational identification of Vietnamese migrant workers as well as to identify the variables corresponding to commonly used measures of integration to evaluate the effects of the transnational activities and identification on the integration outcome. The analysis is based on data from the in-depth interviews of Vietnamese migrant workers in Kaohsiung and Tainan cities, Taiwan. The findings show that most migrant workers are regular transnational activists in terms of economic and socio-culture spheres and make a positive identification with Vietnam. Those transnational activities and identification of migrant workers facilitate successful economic integration but hinder social integration and do not affect cultural integration directly.

Table of Contents
Validation letter i
中文摘要 ii
Abstract iii
Table of Contents iv
Chapter 1. Introduction 1
1.1. Research reasons 1
1.2. Research questions 2
1.3. Research objects 3
1.4. Research purposes 3
1.5. Research scope and limitations 4
1.6. Research methodology 4
1.7. Literature review 5
1.7.1. The legislation on managing migrant workers 6
1.7.2. Difficulties of migrant workers 8
1.7.3. The issues of runaway workers 10
1.7.4. Gap in existing literature and limitations 14
Chapter 2. The key concepts 16
2.1. The concept of transnationalism 16
2.2. The concept of migration integration 19
2.3. Transnationalism and migration integration 22
Chapter 3. Transnational activities and identification of Vietnamese migrant workers 27
3.1. Transnational activities of Vietnamese migrant workers 27
3.1.1. Economic transnational activity 27
3.1.2. Socio-cultural transnational activity 30
3.1.3. Political transnational activity 35
3.2. The transnational identification of migrant workers 36
3.2.1. Internal identification 37
3.2.2. External identification 39
Chapter 4. The Vietnamese migrant workers' integration into the Taiwanese society 42
4.1. The Taiwanese government's perspectives on the Vietnamese migrant worker's integration. 42
4.2. The effects of the Vietnamese's transnational activities and identification on their integration 44
4.2.1. Economic aspect 44
4.2.2. Cultural aspect 48
4.2.3. Social aspect 52
Chapter 5. Implications 59
5.1. Conclusions 59
5.2. Implications 63
References 68
Appendix 74
Appendix 1. Interview questionnaires 74
Appendix 2. List of interviewees 75

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