Asian and Pacific Migration Journal
Volume 28, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 353-376

New rules of the game? Education and governmentality in Chinese migration to Poland (Article)

Kardaszewicz K.*
  • a Centre of Migration Research, University of Warsaw, Poland

Abstract

The Chinese in Poland are an understudied but rapidly growing migrant community, undergoing a transition from an established pattern of economic chain migration to one based on investment of wealth in pursuit of a better life environment. Educational immigration by middle-class families provides insight into a broader trend of popular resistance to China's established model of governmentality. Refusing to conform to prescribed patterns of achievement and social mobility, these families exemplify a younger generation's aspirations and challenges involved in transnational mobility, which go beyond the traditional capital accumulation strategies. © Scalabrini Migration Center 2019.

Author Keywords

Governmentality Poland Chinese migrants social mobility educational desire

Index Keywords

international migration education strategic approach immigration policy government relations social mobility Poland [Central Europe]
Link
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DOI: 10.1177/0117196819877004
ISSN: 01171968
Original Language: English