Shanthi Robertson

Broschiertes Buch

Transnational Student-Migrants and the State

The Education-Migration Nexus

Beschreibung

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.

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.

Produktdetails

• Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship
• Verlag: Macmillan Education / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-349-44327-7
• 1st ed. 2013
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 264g
• ISBN-13: 9781349443277
• ISBN-10: 1349443271
• Artikelnr.: 45005219

Rezensionen

"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.