Expatriation and Migration: Two Faces of the Same Coin

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-52950-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 55, 198 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 470 g

Reihe: International Comparative Social Studies

Why are some people free to move around the world while others are constrained for crossing borders? This book challenges this crucial injustice that creates inequalities in the face of global issues such as climate change, wars, diseases and other local risk factors. The main theme of this collective work is to consider the representation of human displacement as a moral barrier between expatriates and migrants, with the former being seen as 'unproblematic' and 'desirable' while the latter is portrayed as 'problematic' and 'undesirable'. Surveys show that this binary categorization subsists on at least four continents, stigmatizing different categories of people.

Contributors are: Julia Büchele, Clio Chaveneau, Milos Debnar, Karine Duplan, Abdoulaye Gueye, Omar Lizarraga, and Chie Sakai.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Beck, Sylvain

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Globalisierung, Transformationsprozesse
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors

PART 1: Beyond Words: Questioning Categories and Defining the Problem

1 Introduction: Categories of Expats and Migrants Issues in Reappraising Global Human Displacements

Sylvain Beck

2 Behind the Words: On the Use of Expatriate and Emigrant in the French Context

Abdoulaye Gueye

3 Privileged, Highly Skilled and Unproblematic? White Europeans in Japan as Migrants

Miloš Debnár

PART 2: Gender Differentiation within the Categories: Blurring Tradition and Modernity

4 Expat Spouses as “Quasi Members” Inside a Privileged Migration in Kampala, Uganda

Julia Büchele

5 Between Lifestyles and Economic Opportunities: The Gendered Expectations of Japanese Expatriates in China’s Global Cities

Chie Sakai

PART 3: Beyond the Privilege: The Expatriate as a Symbol of Modernity

6 Enjoying the Advantages of Freedom: Multi-Local Practices of US “Pleasant Expats” in Northwest Mexico

Omar Lizárraga

7 Privilege in Migration: The Benefits of Nationality for Northern Migrants in the Middle East

Clio Chaveneau

8 The Expatriate as a Hero of Globalization? Privileged Migration and Neoliberal Ideology in Luxembourg

Karine Duplan

9 Conclusion: Sharing a Common Humanity: Expats and Migrants in Anthropocene Narratives

Sylvain Beck

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Sylvain Beck, Ph.D. in Sociology (2015), Paris-Sorbonne University, is Lecturer in Social Work at Cergy-Paris University. He has published Expatriation as emancipation. Towards another eye on international migrations? (Revue Sociétés Plurielles, 2021, in French).