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Imagined Mobility
Michiel Baas
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Description for Imagined Mobility
hardcover. Series: Anthem South Asian Studies. Num Pages: 276 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 582.
With its close analysis of the phenomenon of the migration of Indian students to Australia, this book critically approaches the entanglement of the education industry with migration opportunities, and looks into the goals and aspirations of the Indian middle class. It discusses the overlaps of studies on migration and transnationalism, and raises questions on skilled migration.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Anthem Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
Series
Anthem South Asian Studies
Number of Pages
276
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843318934
SKU
V9781843318934
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Ref
99-15
About Michiel Baas
Michiel Baas is a researcher with the Amsterdam School for Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam. His work focuses on India, the middle class, migration, transnationalism and mobility.
Reviews for Imagined Mobility
‘Baas’s juggling between the big and the small, between the global transformations of higher education and the specific aspirations and life trajectories of his informants […] gives the book its texture and complexity. […] What makes ‘Imagined Mobilities’ a fine example of ethnographic writing is the modest and reflexive way in which it shows how [student-migrant] paths urge us to ... Read more