Introduction
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Helena Hof
Abstract
The introduction presents the European millennial subjects of the book. It coins the term of the EU Generation in order to capture the commonalities of the group: their middle-class backgrounds and upbringing with the ideals of intra-European mobility in the integrating EU of the early 2000s. The chapter explains the concepts of mobility, immobility and aspirations in the life course as a segue into the way middle-class dispositions and aspirations shape the trajectories of this migrant group. The chapter then considers the migrant destinations of Singapore and Tokyo as cities defying the binary of East versus West and ends with a note on the research design and data.
Abstract
The introduction presents the European millennial subjects of the book. It coins the term of the EU Generation in order to capture the commonalities of the group: their middle-class backgrounds and upbringing with the ideals of intra-European mobility in the integrating EU of the early 2000s. The chapter explains the concepts of mobility, immobility and aspirations in the life course as a segue into the way middle-class dispositions and aspirations shape the trajectories of this migrant group. The chapter then considers the migrant destinations of Singapore and Tokyo as cities defying the binary of East versus West and ends with a note on the research design and data.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- Series Preface vi
- List of Figures and Tables vii
- List of Abbreviations viii
- Glossary ix
- Notes on the Author xi
- Acknowledgements xii
- Introduction 1
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Spatial Mobility to Asia: Moving Ahead by Moving Out
- The EU Generation and Their Migration Motivations 23
- Destination Singapore: The Dream of a Cosmopolis 51
- Global City Tokyo: Japan’s Diversification from Within 66
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Organisational and Career Mobility: Seizing Security, Success and Self-Realisation
- Singapore: Professionalising the Self 85
- Tokyo: (Dis)Embedding in the Japanese Labour Market 103
- Career Trajectories through an Intersectional Lens 121
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(Im)Mobility through Differentiated Embedding: The Ties That Bind
- Immobility and Emplacement: Making the City Home 147
- Belonging through Romantic Relationships 167
- Conclusion 186
- Positionality: Researching Migrants as a Migrant 198
- Demographic Profiles of Interlocutors 203
- References 212
- Index 242
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- Series Preface vi
- List of Figures and Tables vii
- List of Abbreviations viii
- Glossary ix
- Notes on the Author xi
- Acknowledgements xii
- Introduction 1
-
Spatial Mobility to Asia: Moving Ahead by Moving Out
- The EU Generation and Their Migration Motivations 23
- Destination Singapore: The Dream of a Cosmopolis 51
- Global City Tokyo: Japan’s Diversification from Within 66
-
Organisational and Career Mobility: Seizing Security, Success and Self-Realisation
- Singapore: Professionalising the Self 85
- Tokyo: (Dis)Embedding in the Japanese Labour Market 103
- Career Trajectories through an Intersectional Lens 121
-
(Im)Mobility through Differentiated Embedding: The Ties That Bind
- Immobility and Emplacement: Making the City Home 147
- Belonging through Romantic Relationships 167
- Conclusion 186
- Positionality: Researching Migrants as a Migrant 198
- Demographic Profiles of Interlocutors 203
- References 212
- Index 242
