Expatriation and migration: two faces of the same coin / / edited by Sylvain Beck.

Why are some people free to move around the world while others are constrained for crossing borders? This book challenges this crucial injustice that creates inequalities in the face of global issues such as climate change, wars, diseases and other local risk factors. The main theme of this collecti...

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Superior document:International comparative social studies ; volume 55
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2023]
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Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
Series:International comparative social studies ; v. 55.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 198 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Sylvain Beck
  • Copyright page / Sylvain Beck
  • List of Figures and Tables / Sylvain Beck
  • Notes on Contributors / Sylvain Beck
  • Chapter 1 Introduction: Categories of Expats and Migrants Issues in Reappraising Global Human Displacements / Sylvain Beck
  • Chapter 2 Behind the Words: On the Use of Expatriate and Emigrant in the French Context / Abdoulaye Gueye
  • Chapter 3 Privileged, Highly Skilled and Unproblematic? White Europeans in Japan as Migrants / Miloš Debnár
  • Chapter 4 Expat Spouses as “Quasi Members”: Inside a Privileged Migration in Kampala, Uganda / Julia Büchele
  • Chapter 5 Between Lifestyles and Economic Opportunities: The Gendered Expectations of Japanese Expatriates in China’s Global Cities / Chie Sakai
  • Chapter 6 Enjoying the Advantages of Freedom: Multi-Local Practices of US “Pleasant Expats” in Northwest Mexico / Omar Lizárraga
  • Chapter 7 Privilege in Migration: The Benefits of Nationality for Northern Migrants in the Middle East / Clio Chaveneau
  • Chapter 8 The Expatriate as Heroic Figure of Globalization? Privileged Migration and Neoliberal Ideology in Luxembourg / Karine Duplan
  • Chapter 9 Conclusion: Sharing a Common Humanity: Expats and Migrants in Anthropocene Narratives / Sylvain Beck
  • Index / Sylvain Beck.