Introduction: Fluidity and friction in talent migration

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 681-690

  Yeoh, Brenda S A ^a   Huang, Shirlena ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cosmopolitan Subjectivities; Cultural Politics; Highly Skilled Migrants; Identity Politics; Talent Migration; Transnational Mobility

Indexed keywords

IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; IDEOLOGY; LABOR MIGRATION; MOBILITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SKILLED LABOR;

EID: 79952983430     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2011.559710     Document Type: Article

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