Lifestyle Migration: Expectations, Aspirations and Experiences (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780754675679)

Relatively affluent individuals from various corners of the globe are increasingly choosing to migrate, spurred on by the promise of a better and more fulfilling way of life within their destination. Despite its increasing scale, migration academics have yet to consolidate and establish lifestyle migration as a subfield of theoretical enquiry, until now. This volume offers a dynamic and holistic analysis of contemporary lifestyle migrations, exploring the expectations and aspirations which inform and drive migration alongside the realities of life within the destination. It also recognizes the structural conditions (and constraints) which frame lifestyle migration, laying the groundwork for further intellectual enquiry. Through rich empirical case studies this volume addresses this important and increasingly common form of migration in a manner that will interest scholars of mobility, migration, lifestyle and culture across the social sciences.

Author: Michaela Benson
ISBN-10: 075467567X
ISBN-13: 9780754675679
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 10/28/2009
Pages: 178
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.44d