Isbn: 9781433130274 - privileged mobilities: professional migration, geo-social media, and a new global middle class (intersections in communications and culture, band 34) (5 Ergebnisse)

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. In English.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. As corporations ramp up "workforce globalization" and young professionals increasingly pursue opportunities to work abroad, social entrepreneurs use online digital platforms to create offline social events where foreigners can meet face-to-face. This book illustrates how a new global middle class is emerging. Series: Intersections in Communications & Culture. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: CBP; GTC; JFC; RGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 274 x 16. Weight in Grams: 410. . 2016. New. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - As corporations ramp up «workforce globalization» and young professionals increasingly pursue opportunities to work abroad, social entrepreneurs use online digital platforms to create offline social events where foreigners can meet face-to-face. Through ethnographic study of such groups in Paris, Singapore, and Bangalore, Erika Polson illustrates how, as a new generation of expatriates uses location technologies to create mobile «places,» a new global middle class is emerging. While there are many differences in the specifics between the expat groups, they share certain characteristics that indicate a larger logic to the way that the increasing mobility of professional career paths is connected to new subjectivities and changing forms of community among a diverse and growing demographic. This book opens up a new field of study, one which pays more attention to middle class mobility while questioning the privileging of mobility more generally.…