South Koreans and the Politics of Immigration in Contemporary Australia

1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-18898-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 174 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 254 g

Reihe: Routledge Research on Korea

The book explores the politics of immigration in Australia through an in-depth study of the ‘new generation’ of young Korean migrants in Melbourne.

States with high rates of immigration such as Australia can largely determine who enter their societies, but some migrants, such as younger Koreans, can determine how and where they live due to desirable attributes such as their skills, education, and adaptability. The book uses Albert Hirschman’s ‘exit, voice, and loyalty’ schema to explore the choices available to such new and would-be citizens, especially when faced with economic, social, and/or political decline in their host society. Through in-depth interviews, the book explores if young Koreans were most attracted to the options of staying in Australia (loyalty), changing it from within (voice), or leaving (exit). The most common experience among younger Koreans, the book finds, is loyalty: most respondents express satisfaction with their lives in Australia and want to make it their home. These findings reveal how a particular group of migrants negotiates their citizenship with a would-be host society. By extension, the book illustrates the range and degree of strategies available to other migrants and would-be migrants, and how they might secure their livelihoods and well-being at a time of greater restrictions on international migration.

This book will be of interest to scholars of multiculturalism and immigration history in Australia, citizenship and migration, and Korean studies.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hundt, David

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Migrations- & Minderheitenpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. South Koreans and the Australian migration market 2. Koreans in the global market for migration 3. The changing politics of immigration in Australia 4. Connection without exit 5. One community, multiple voices 6. Loyalty and partial reciprocity 7. Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

David Hundt is Associate Professor of International Relations at Deakin University, Australia. Most of his research focuses on the politics, political economy, and international relations of South Korea. Since 2018 David has been Editor-in-Chief of Asian Studies Review and an Executive Member of the Asian Studies Association of Australia.