EU Migrant Generation in Asia

Middle-Class Aspirations in Asian Global Cities

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

Av Helena Hof, Helena (University of Zurich) Hof

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Drawing on an extensive study with young individuals who migrated to Singapore and Tokyo in the 2010s, this book sheds light on the friendships, emotions, hopes and fears involved in establishing life as Europeans in Asia.It demonstrates how migration to Asian business centres has become a way of distinction and an alternative route of middle-class reproduction for young Europeans during that period. The perceived insecurities of life in the crisis-ridden EU result in these migrants’ onward migration or prolonged stays in Asia. Capturing the changing roles of Singapore and Japan as migration destinations, this pioneering work makes the case for EU citizens’ aspired lifestyles and professional employment that is no longer only attainable in Europe or the West.

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Utgivningsdatum2022-12-01
Mått156 x 234 x 21 mm
Vikt534 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieGlobal Migration and Social Change
Antal sidor264
FörlagBristol University Press
ISBN9781529225006

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IntroductionPART I: Spatial Mobility to Asia: Moving Ahead by Moving Out1. The EU Generation and Their Migration Motivations2. Destination Singapore: The Dream of a Cosmopolis3. Global City Tokyo: Japan’s Diversification from WithinPART II: Organisational and Career Mobility: Seizing Security, Success and Self-Realisation4. Singapore: Professionalising the Self5. Tokyo: (Dis)Embedding in the Japanese Labour Market6. Career Trajectories through an Intersectional LensPART III: (Im)Mobility through Differentiated Embedding: The Ties That Bind7. Immobility and Emplacement: Making the City Home8. Belonging through Romantic RelationshipsConclusion