Mobility Patterns and Experiences of the Middle Classes in a Globalizing Age The Case of Mexican Migrants in Australia /

• Main Author: Vazquez Maggio, Monica Laura (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: The Anthropocene: Politik—Economics—Society—Science, 6
• Subjects: Environment.; Political science.; Sustainable development.; Environmental policy.; Social sciences > Philosophy.; Sustainable Development.; Environmental Politics.; Political Science.; Social Theory.

The book presents insights from a mixed methodology study that examines recent mobility patterns exhibited by the middle classes. Its major contributions are two-fold: theoretically, it advances the conceptualisation of middle class migration; empirically, it analyses the migratory motivations of a...

Table of Contents:

• Migration, middle class and globalisation
• Who is who? Demographic profile
• The immigration process and intentions: temporary or permanent?
• Reasons for migrating: Life decisions are multiple and complex - migration decisions even more so
• Ethnic and middle class identity of a new group of migrants
• Employment, income and class location
• Family and gender roles
• Leisure and friendship
• What will the future bring?.