Mapping International Student Mobility Between Africa and China / / Benjamin Mulvey

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910799207703321
• Autore: Mulvey Benjamin
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Singapore : , : Springer, , [2023]; ©2023
• ISBN: 981-9985-09-9
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (0 pages)
• Disciplina: 370.116
• Soggetti: Foreign study; Students, Foreign
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Author -- 1 The Dawn of an Era?: Globally Mobile African Students and China -- Introduction -- Shifting Sino-African Relations -- China as a Migration Destination -- South-South Mobility and Migration Theory -- Conceptualising International Educational Migration -- Macro-theoretical Explanations as an Accompaniment to the Theory of Practice -- Postcolonial Theory -- World-Systems Theory -- The Study -- A Focus on Africa -- Synopsis of the Book -- References -- 2 International Student Mobility in a Changing World -- Mobility Between the West and 'the Rest' -- Factors Driving International Student Mobility from 'the Rest' to the West -- Stratification of International Student Flows and the World Economy -- How Power Is Mirrored in the Discourse of Periphery/Semi-periphery-core Mobility -- A Public Diplomacy Rationale -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Pre-mobility Life-Worlds: Who Is on the Move? -- Disadvantaged Students: International Mobility Against the Odds -- Middle-Class Students: Mobility Within the 'Field of the Possibles' -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 Strategising and Spontaneity in Mobility Decision-Making -- Introduction -- Scholarship Provision -- Disadvantaged Students: 'It Is Always Difficult for Us to Realistically Think that We Can Go and Study Abroad' -- Involuntary Mobility: Eritrean Scholarship Holders -- Middle‐Class Students Leveraging Africa-China Power Asymmetries -- Social ; Elites: Taking Advantage of Chinese Public Diplomacy Efforts -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Experiences in China: Getting on, Getting Out? -- Crossing International Borders: How Do Students' Pre-mobility Lives 'Travel' with Them? -- China as a Destination for International Migrants -- Academic Experiences -- Social Silo-ing: Social Experiences in China -- The Social Networks of Middle-Class Students.; Conclusion -- References -- 6 Post-graduation Plans: Navigating Global Regimes of Mobility -- Introduction -- Returnees -- Obligations at Home -- Starting a Business in China with Plans to Return Home in the Future -- China as a 'Stepping Stone' to Other Countries -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 Concluding Thoughts: The Future of Africa-China Student Mobility -- Structural Factors in Migration -- Challenging Axioms Within Research on International Student Mobility -- The Future of International Student Mobility Between Africa and China -- Future Directions for Research on Africa-China Student Mobilities -- References.