Imagined Mobility - Migration and Transnationalism Among Indian Students in Australia

Informationen zum Autor Michiel Baas is a researcher with the Amsterdam School for Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam. His work focuses on India, the middle class, migration, transnationalism and mobility. Klappentext This book critically examines the history and current issues on the migration of Indian students to Australia. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; Acknowledgements; Departure - Migration, Transnationalism and What Lies In-Between; First Semester - Of Leaving and Arriving: From and to a Culture of Migration; Second Semester - Some History Lessons as well as Learning the Hard Way; Summer School - A History of Students Going Overseas; Third Semester - Learning How to Work In-Between: Legal and Illegal Realms; Fourth Semester - Graduating as a Migrant; Arrival - Imagined Mobility; A New Departure - Curry Bashing and Alien Space Invaders; Data, Dilemmas and Doing Fieldwork the Ethical Way; Notes; References; Index

Product details

• Authors: Michiel Baas, Baas Michiel, Baas Michiel
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2010
• EAN: 9781843318934
• ISBN: 978-1-84331-893-4
• No. of pages: 276
• Series: Anthem South Asian Studies; Anthem Studies in Australian Politics, Economics and Society
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, Political science & theory, Political science and theory, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples