التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Cosmopolitans in a Globalized World: North-to-North Highly Skilled Migrants and the Nation State. |
| المؤلفون: |
Nishida, Masayo |
| المصدر: |
Conference Papers - American Sociological Association; 2008 Annual Meeting, p1, 20p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
IMMIGRANTS, DIFFERENTIATION (Sociology), EMIGRATION & immigration, HUMAN capital, PERSONNEL management |
| مستخلص: |
This study explores the dynamics of international migration by highly skilled individuals from economically advanced societies. I argue that the accounts of these under-studied migrants command reconceptualization of the nation-state, one that acknowledges its shifting character and power in a globalized world. The analysis draws on in-depth interviews with 25 German and 25 Japanese professionals and white-collar workers in the Greater Boston area. Reflecting their high levels of human capital and "First World" origins, the experiences of these foreign-born professionals offer several unique patterns of adaptation. First, they encountered little discrimination and hostility in the workplace and other social arenas of American society. Second, they viewed professional and socioeconomic success as a process divorced from cultural assimilation into America. Third, they expressed considerable ambivalence of the possibility of acquiring U.S. citizenship. In short, these professionals identified themselves as "cosmopolitans" - individuals who are culturally autonomous from national collectivities and unconstrained by the legalities of state boundaries. At the same time, they relished the social and political privileges granted to members of powerful "First World" nations, and felt entitled to the legal right and protections offered by national governments, whether in the U.S. or in other parts of the world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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