Global Asian City – Migration, Desire and the Politics of Encounter in 21st Century Seoul : Migration, Desire and the Politics of Encounter in 21st Century Seoul
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
RGS-IBG Book Series
ISBN-10
1119379989
ISBN-13
9781119379980
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint
Wiley-Blackwell
Country of Manufacture
SG
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 29th, 2018
Print length
224 Pages
Weight
408 grams
Dimensions
23.10 x 15.00 x 1.50 cms
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Global Asian City develops a novel approach to exploring the relationship between migration and cities centered on the idea of desire as a social force that drives migration.
Global Asian City provides a unique theoretical framework for studying the growth of cities and migration focused on the notion of desire as a major driver of international migration to Asian cities. Draws on more than 120 interviews of emigrants to Seoul—including migrant workers from Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, English teachers from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, UK and USA, and international students at two elite Korean universitiesFeatures a comparative account of different migrant populations and the ways in which national migration systems and urban processes create differences between these groupsFocuses on the causes of international migrant to Seoul, South Korea, and reveals how migration has transformed the city and nation, especially in the last two decades
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