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International Higher Education and the Formation of Business Diasporas
- Source :
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British Journal of Educational Studies . 2021 69(5):537-556. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- A contemporary definition of diaspora points to communities that are transnationally dispersed but remain connected to their place of origin. Accordingly, diaspora do not have an objective existence but are forged through a variety of means, involving multiple agencies and sites of formation. One of these sites is higher education. Based on interviews conducted with Indian and Chinese students in Australia, this paper suggests that recent policies and practices of internationalisation of higher education, shaped by market rationality, have steered international students in Business Studies towards particular forms of diaspora, aligned to a range of beliefs about the importance of their participation within the global economy and in particular their role in facilitating transnational regimes of business activities.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0007-1005
- Volume :
- 69
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- British Journal of Educational Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ1312900
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00071005.2021.1935705