Mobility and intergenerational transfers of capital : narrating expatriate and globally mobile children's perspectives

Koh, Sin Yee and Sin, I Lin; Waters, Johanna and Yeoh, Brenda, eds. (2023) Mobility and intergenerational transfers of capital : narrating expatriate and globally mobile children's perspectives. In: Handbook on Migration and the Family. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 102-117. ISBN 9781789908732 (https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789908732.00013)

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Abstract

This chapter critically reviews extant literature on capital accumulation and intergenerational transfers among expatriate and globally mobile families, with a focus on accompanying children’s perspectives. It discusses three themes in the literature. First, it analyses the values and meanings of migration and global mobility to the parents and children, and the significance of intergenerational social reproduction and mobility to them. Second, it deconstructs the children’s presumed privilege and homogeneity by highlighting the complexities and specificities of capital transmission from parents to children. Third, it highlights the relatively unheard voices and choices of children in familial capital/mobility projects. The chapter concludes with some methodological suggestions to take into account children’s perspectives of and roles in intergenerational pursuits of capital and transnational im(mobility).

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Koh, Sin Yee and Sin, I Lin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5344-0286; Waters, Johanna and Yeoh, Brenda
  • Item type:Book Section
    ID code:91087
    Dates:
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    17 March 2023
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    Notes:This is a draft chapter/article. The final version is available in Handbook on Migration and the Family edited by Johanna Waters and Brenda Yeoh, published in 2023, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789908732.00013 It is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.
    Subjects:Political Science > Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration
    Social Sciences > The family. Marriage. Women
    Department:Professional Services > Human Resources Directorate
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:06 Nov 2024 15:28
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 15:36
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/91087
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