Transnational Lives in China Expatriates in a Globalizing City

Increasing numbers of people from Western nations are leaving home to work within the developing economies of Asia. Here, Angela Lehmann explores a second-tier city in China and uses sociological theory to understand the impact of global mobility on identity, community and belonging.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Angela Lehmann is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Xiamen University, China.

Zusammenfassung

Increasing numbers of people from Western nations are leaving home to work within the developing economies of Asia. Here, Angela Lehmann explores a second-tier city in China and uses sociological theory to understand the impact of global mobility on identity, community and belonging.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Angela Lehmann, A. Lehmann, A Lehmann
• Verlag: Palgrave UK
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheinungsdatum: 24.01.2014
• Thema: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Politische Soziologie
• EAN: 9780230348394
• ISBN: 978-0-230-34839-4
• Anzahl Seiten: 179
• Themen: Migration, Asien, B, Kulturwissenschaften, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Asia, Social Policy, Political Sociology, Politics & government, Migration, immigration & emigration, auseinandersetzen, Sociology, general, Economic development, Social welfare and social services, Central / national / federal government policies, Emigration and immigration, Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Development Studies, Asian Culture, Ethnology—Asia, Regional, state and other local government, Human Migration