Examining 'expatriate' continuities: Postcolonial approaches to mobile professionals

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1197-1210

  Fechter, Anne Meike ^a   Walsh, Katie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Class; Expatriates; Mobile Professionals; Postcolonialism; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; GLOBALIZATION; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; POST-COLONIALISM; RACIAL IDENTITY; SOCIAL HISTORY;

EUROPE;

EID: 77954990406     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691831003687667     Document Type: Article

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