Servicing british expatriate 'talent' in Singapore: Exploring ordinary transnationalism and the role of the 'expatriate' club

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 709-728

  Beaverstock, Jonathan V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmopolitanism; Expatriates; Ordinary Transnationalism; Singapore; Transnational Social Spaces

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; CULTURE; DIASPORA; IDEOLOGY; NATIONALISM; RECREATIONAL FACILITY;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 79952939884     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2011.559714     Document Type: Article

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