Transnational student-migrants and the state : the education-migration nexus /

The boundaries around the categories of student, migrant and worker have become increasingly fuzzy, as international students are often engaged not just in education, but in high stakes and expensive journeys towards gaining permanent migration status. This book unpacks the social and political cons...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Robertson, Shanthi (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Series:Migration, diasporas and citizenship.
Subjects:
Students, Foreign.
Students, Foreign > Legal status, laws, etc.
Higher & further education, tertiary education.
Social mobility.
Migration, immigration & emigration.
Globalization.
EDUCATION > Students & Student Life.
Students, Foreign
Education.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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