Book ; Online: Migrant Professionals in the City
Local Encounters, Identities and Inequalities
(Routledge Advances in Sociology)
2014
Abstract: The migration of professionals is widely seen as a paradigmatic representation and a driver of globalization. The global elite of highly qualified migrants-managers and scientists, for example-are partly defined by their lives' mobility. But their ... ...
Series title | Routledge Advances in Sociology |
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Abstract | The migration of professionals is widely seen as a paradigmatic representation and a driver of globalization. The global elite of highly qualified migrants-managers and scientists, for example-are partly defined by their lives' mobility. But their everyday lives are based and take place in specific cities. The contributors of this book analyze the relevance of locality for a mobile group and provide a new perspective on migrant professionals by considering the relevance of social identities for local encounters in socially unequal cities. Contributors explore shifting identities, senses of bel |
Language | English |
Size | Online-Ressource (274 p) |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
Publishing place | Hoboken |
Document type | Book ; Online |
Note | Description based upon print version of record |
ISBN | 9780415713030 ; 041571303X |
Database | Library catalogue of the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB), Hannover |
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