Transnational Student-Migrants and the State

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.

• 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

"By drawing on interviews and case studies, Robertson grounds her theoretical and empirical material in lived experience." - Inside StoryWinner, Raewyn Connell Prize for the Best First Book in Australian Sociology, awarded by The Australian Sociology Association.