Analysing the Consequences of Academic Mobility and Migration (Hardcover, Unabridged edition)

The figure of the medieval "wandering scholar" (Pietsch) has never been as true as today: Academic Mobility and Migration have now become a reality for most people involved in higher education. We also know for sure that they are actively contributing to the postmodern transformation of the "social as society" into the "social as mobility" (Urry).Written by leading and emerging scholars, this volume explores the impact of Academic Mobility and Migration on institutions, people and their social environment. It also considers up-to-date aspects which remain relatively underexplored: Academic migration (vs. mobility), virtual academic mobility, North-South mobility, language policies at a "glocal" level, and questions of identity. The authors examine the personal, social, professional and educational consequences of Academic Mobility and Migration from a variety of disciplinal orientations including sociology, language education, linguistics and education. Some of the chapters also seek to propose alternative ways of analysing these phenomena.This unique book is an invaluable resource for anybody with an interest in educational mobility in the 21st century: researchers, teachers, policy-makers, politicians, administrators, but also college and university students.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2011
First published:	August 2011
Editors:	Fred Dervin
Dimensions:	212 x 148 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - With dust jacket
Pages:	190
Edition:	Unabridged edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4438-2978-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Educational psychology Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > Immigration & emigration Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Social classes > Social mobility Promotions
LSN:	1-4438-2978-1
Barcode:	9781443829786

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