The EU migrant generation in Asia: middle-class aspirations in Asian global 
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Hof, Helena

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The EU migrant generation in Asia: middle-class aspirations in Asian global cities

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Hof, Helena
Socio-Cultural Diversity, MPI for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Max Planck Society;

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Hof, H. (2022). The EU migrant generation in Asia: middle-class aspirations in Asian global cities. Bristol: Bristol University Press.

Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000C-946C-4

Abstract

Drawing on an extensive study with young individuals who migrated to Singapore and Tokyo in the 2010s, this book sheds light on the friendships, emotions, hopes and fears involved in establishing life as Europeans in Asia.

It demonstrates how migration to Asian business centres has become a way of distinction and an alternative route of middle-class reproduction for young Europeans during that period. The perceived insecurities of life in the crisis-ridden EU result in these migrants’ onward migration or prolonged stays in Asia.

Capturing the changing roles of Singapore and Japan as migration destinations, this pioneering work makes the case for EU citizens’ aspired lifestyles and professional employment that is no longer only attainable in Europe or the West.