Transnational Student-Migrants and the State - The Education-Migration Nexus

Zusatztext "By drawing on interviews and case studies! Robertson grounds her theoretical and empirical material in lived experience." - Inside Story Winner! Raewyn Connell Prize for the Best First Book in Australian Sociology! awarded by The Australian Sociology Association. Informationen zum Autor Shanthi Robertson is Research Fellow at the Institute of Culture and Society at the University of Western Sydney, Australia. She was previously a Lecturer in Global Studies at RMIT University, Australia. Her research interests include emerging forms of temporary migration, urban dimensions of migration, citizenship, and migrant rights. Klappentext International students are often engaged not just in education, but in high stakes towards gaining permanent migration status. This book unpacks the consequences of this education-migration nexus, analyzing migration policies and providing a vivid picture of student-migrants' lived experiences. Zusammenfassung International students are often engaged not just in education! but in high stakes towards gaining permanent migration status. This book unpacks the consequences of this education-migration nexus! analyzing migration policies and providing a vivid picture of student-migrants' lived experiences. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. The Education-Migration Nexus: Global Flows 3. The Nexus and its Discontents: an Australian Perspective 4. Shaping the Student-Migrant Experience 5. Permanent Residency as 'The Holy Grail' 6. Acquiring and Practising Citizenship 7. Negotiating Border Crossing Lives Conclusion: Precarious Transnationals and the Settler Nation

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1. Introduction 2. The Education-Migration Nexus: Global Flows 3. The Nexus and its Discontents: an Australian Perspective 4. Shaping the Student-Migrant Experience 5. Permanent Residency as 'The Holy Grail' 6. Acquiring and Practising Citizenship 7. Negotiating Border Crossing Lives Conclusion: Precarious Transnationals and the Settler Nation

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"By drawing on interviews and case studies, Robertson grounds her theoretical and empirical material in lived experience." - Inside Story
Winner, Raewyn Connell Prize for the Best First Book in Australian Sociology, awarded by The Australian Sociology Association.

Product details

• Authors: S. Robertson, Shanthi Robertson
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.04.2013
• EAN: 9781137267078
• ISBN: 978-1-137-26707-8
• No. of pages: 211
• Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship; Migration, Diasporas and Citiz; Migration, Diasporas and Citiz; Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Adult education; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Migration, B, Sociology of Education, Education, Sociology, Social Policy, Migration, immigration & emigration, higher education, Social research & statistics, Education and state, Central / national / federal government policies, Education Policy, Educational sociology, Emigration and immigration, Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Education and sociology, Human Migration, education;migrants;migration;Nation;research;Transnational