Lifestyle Migration: Expectations, Aspirations and Experiences

Lifestyle Migration: Expectations, Aspirations and Experiences
ISBN-10
1409492028
ISBN-13
9781409492023
Category
Social Science
Pages
178
Language
English
Published
2012-12-28
Publisher
Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Authors
Dr Michaela Benson, Ms Karen O'Reilly

Description

Relatively affluent individuals from various corners of the globe are increasingly choosing to migrate, spurred on by the promise of a better and more fulfilling way of life within their destination. Despite its increasing scale, migration academics have yet to consolidate and establish lifestyle migration as a subfield of theoretical enquiry, until now. This volume offers a dynamic and holistic analysis of contemporary lifestyle migrations, exploring the expectations and aspirations which inform and drive migration alongside the realities of life within the destination. It also recognizes the structural conditions (and constraints) which frame lifestyle migration, laying the groundwork for further intellectual enquiry. Through rich empirical case studies this volume addresses this important and increasingly common form of migration in a manner that will interest scholars of mobility, migration, lifestyle and culture across the social sciences.

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