Rethinking Privilege and Social Mobility in Middle-Class Migr... - 9780367540821

Rethinking Privilege and Social Mobility in Middle-Class MigrationMigrants In-Between\nAuthor(s): Shanthi Robertson, Rosie Roberts\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367540821, 978-0367540821\nSynopsis\nThis volume explores the experiences of a wide variety of middle-class migrant groups across the globe, including ethnic entrepreneurs building new businesses in cosmopolitan neighbourhoods in Sydney; Chinese grandparents shuttling between Australia, China and Singapore to support their extended families; well-off young Indians in Mumbai strategising their future education pathways overseas; and Japanese mothers finding ways to belong in a London middle-class neighbourhood. This book asks how relatively privileged migrant groups negotiate their life trajectories, relationships and aspirations while on the move and how they transform the communities and societies that they move between across time and space. The boo.