TY  - BOOK
AU  - Weinar, Agnieszka
AU  - Klekowski von Koppenfels, Amanda
AB  - 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.
DO  - 10.1007/978-3-030-42204-2
ID  - OAPEN ID: ONIX_20200615_9783030422042_7
ID  - OAPEN ID: 46216
ID  - OAPEN ID: http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/39534
KW  - Social Sciences, general
KW  - Population Economics
KW  - Political Science
KW  - Human Geography
KW  - Sociology of Migration
KW  - Open access
KW  - Expatriates
KW  - Lifestyle migrants
KW  - Cosmopolitans
KW  - Eurostars
KW  - Elite migrants
KW  - Knowledge migrants
KW  - Low-skilled migrants
KW  - International student migration
KW  - Migration and integration
KW  - Migration and labour market
KW  - Settlement and mobility
KW  - Transatlantic migrations
KW  - Brain flows
KW  - Highly skilled migration
KW  - Labour market integration
KW  - Freedom of movement
KW  - Talent mobility
KW  - Society & Social Sciences
KW  - Sociology
KW  - Political economy
KW  - Population & demography
KW  - Political science & theory
KW  - Human geography
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/39534/1/2020_Book_Highly-SkilledMigrationBetween.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/37636
PB  - Springer Nature
PY  - 2020
TI  - Highly-Skilled Migration: Between Settlement and Mobility : IMISCOE Short Reader
ER  - 
