The ambivalent lifestyle mobilities of Bulgarian migrants
Understanding how and why people migrate helps us to see beyond stereotypes and helps move the narrative beyond the deficit model. People don’t just move for economic reasons (although that is a very important factor) they also move for issues related to the development of their lifestyle mobilities...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of West London
2020-09-01
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| Series: | New Vistas |
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| Online Access: | https://uwlpress.uwl.ac.uk/newvistas/article/id/125/ |
| Summary: | Understanding how and why people migrate helps us to see beyond stereotypes and helps move the narrative beyond the deficit model. People don’t just move for economic reasons (although that is a very important factor) they also move for issues related to the development of their lifestyle mobilities. This article reports on Bulgarian students and migrants’ ambivalences towards staying or leaving the UK and the North East of England and discusses how these are the product of a shift from labour mobilities towards lifestyle mobilities. |
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| ISSN: | 2056-9688 |