The EU Migrant Generation in Asia - Middle-Class Aspirations in Asian Global Cities

Drawing on a comparative study with individuals who migrated to Singapore and Tokyo in 2010s, this book demonstrates how migration to Asian business centres has become an alternative to a middle-class life in Europe.

About the author

Helena Hof is Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer at the Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies at the University of Zurich and Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity.

Summary

Drawing on a comparative study with individuals who migrated to Singapore and Tokyo in 2010s, this book demonstrates how migration to Asian business centres has become an alternative to a middle-class life in Europe and how the perceived insecurities of life in the crisis-ridden EU result in these migrants' prolonged stay in Asia.

Product details

• Authors: Helena Hof, Helena (University of Zurich) Hof
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2022
• EAN: 9781529225006
• ISBN: 978-1-5292-2500-6
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 544 g
• Series: Global migration and social change; Global Migration and Social Ch
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories