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.
Format: Paperback / softbackCONTRIBUTORS: Shanthi RobertsonEAN: 9781349443277COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 2631 gHEIGHT: 216 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Palgrave MacmillanDATE PUBLISHED: 2013-01-01CITY: GENRE: EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / GeneralWIDTH: 140 cmSPINE:
Book Themes:
Migration, immigration and emigration, Sociology, Social welfare and social services, Education, Educational strategies and policy, Higher education, tertiary education, Regional, state and other local government, Population and migration geography
"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.
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.
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.
Format: Paperback / softbackCONTRIBUTORS: Shanthi RobertsonEAN: 9781349443277COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 2631 gHEIGHT: 216 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Palgrave MacmillanDATE PUBLISHED: 2013-01-01CITY: GENRE: EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / GeneralWIDTH: 140 cmSPINE:
Book Themes:
Migration, immigration and emigration, Sociology, Social welfare and social services, Education, Educational strategies and policy, Higher education, tertiary education, Regional, state and other local government, Population and migration geography
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.
