01636nas a2200205   4500008004100000022001400041245006300055210006200118300001200180490000700192520103100199653001301230653001301243653001101256653000901267653001401276100002501290700002401315856009101339       2022                        eng d  a2300-168200aWhen Distrust Meets Hope: Georgian Migrant Women in Greece0 aWhen Distrust Meets Hope Georgian Migrant Women in Greece  a245-2630 v123 a<p>For many women situated in post-socialist countries, the end of communism entailed the loss of state protection and social security. This often resulted in migration, underpinned by the hope for a better future and facilitated by trust in social networks. Trust and hope are often highlighted in the social-science literature as being indispensable means for navigating migration. What this perspective lacks, however, is an eye for the detrimental effects of the work of hope and for the beneficial effects of the work of distrust. For it can be hope that relates a subject to its exploiter and/or exploitative circumstances and it can be distrust that provides an escape route and increases agency. This article considers the illusive dimension of hope and the mobilising effect of distrust by referring to the experiences of Georgian migrant women in Thessaloniki (Greece). It shows how hope occasionally emanates out of distrust and how the combination of the two allows for new perspectives of action.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>10aCaucasus10adistrust10aGreece10ahope10amigration1 aZmiejewski, Weronika1 aMühlfried, Florian  uhttps://ceemr.uw.edu.pl/content/when-distrust-meets-hope-georgian-migrant-women-greece