Highly-skilled migration : between settlement and mobility : IMISCOE short reader /

Highly-skilled migration : between settlement and mobility : IMISCOE short reader /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Weinar, Agnieszka.
Imprint:	Cham : Springer, 2020.
Description:	1 online resource (113 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	IMISCOE Research Ser. IMISCOE research series.
Subject:	Skilled labor. Migrant labor. Transients and Migrants Migrant labor Skilled labor
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12355054

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Other authors / contributors:	Klekowski von Koppenfels, Amanda.
ISBN:	9783030422042 3030422046 9783030422035
Notes:	Open access. Print version record.
Summary:	This open access short reader discusses the emerging patterns of sedentary migration versus mobility of the highly-skilled thereby providing a comprehensive overview of the recent literature on highly-skilled migration. Highly-skilled migrations are arguably the only non-controversial migrant category in political and public discourse. The common perception is that highly-skilled migrants are high-earners with top educational skills and that they are easy to integrate. These perceptions make them a "wanted" migrant. There seems to be however a big divide between the popular perceptions of this migration and its realities uncovered in social research. This publication closes this divide by delving deeper in the variety of experiences, discourses and realities of highly skilled migrants, thereby uncovering the inherent divides between the highly skilled migrants from the North and the South. The reader shows that these divides are constructed realities, shaped by the state policies and underpinned by social imaginary. Written in an accessible language this reader is a perfect read for academics, students and policy makers and all those unfamiliar with the topic.--
Other form:	Print version: Weinar, Agnieszka. Highly-Skilled Migration: Between Settlement and Mobility. Cham : Springer, ©2020 9783030422035
Standard no.:	10.1007/978-3-030-42

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1
Introduction
Chapter 2
Highly skilled migration: concept and definitions
Chapter 3
The state and the highly skilled immigrant
Chapter 4
Highly-skilled migrants in the transatlantic space: between settlement and mobility
Chapter 5
Conclusions.