Mobility Patterns and Experiences of the Middle Classes in a Globalizing Age : the Case of Mexican Migrants in Australia

The book presents insights from a mixed methodology study that examines recent mobility patterns exhibited by the middle classes. Its major contributions are two-fold: theoretically, it advances the conceptualisation of middle class migration; empirically, it analyses the migratory motivations of a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Vazquez Maggio, Monica Laura (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2017.
SeriesAnthropocene (Cham, Switzerland) ; v. 6.
Subjects
Mexicans > Australia.
Mexicans > Australia > Social conditions.
Emigration and immigration.
Australia.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessPlný text

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Table of Contents:
  • Migration, middle class and globalisation
  • Who is who? Demographic profile
  • The immigration process and intentions: temporary or permanent?
  • Reasons for migrating: Life decisions are multiple and complex
  • migration decisions even more so
  • Ethnic and middle class identity of a new group of migrants
  • Employment, income and class location
  • Family and gender roles
  • Leisure and friendship
  • What will the future bring?

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