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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Main Author: Gergina Pavlova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of West London 2020-09-01
Series:New Vistas
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Online Access:https://uwlpress.uwl.ac.uk/newvistas/article/id/125/
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description 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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spelling doaj.art-afa757c637444ecdace8a0c2fecdf5a92022-12-22T00:01:19ZengUniversity of West LondonNew Vistas2056-96882020-09-016210.36828/newvistas.125The ambivalent lifestyle mobilities of Bulgarian migrantsGergina Pavlova0London Geller College of Hospitality and Tourism, University of West LondonUnderstanding 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.https://uwlpress.uwl.ac.uk/newvistas/article/id/125/mobilityambivalenceleisure experiencesLifestyle migration
spellingShingle Gergina Pavlova
The ambivalent lifestyle mobilities of Bulgarian migrants
New Vistas
mobility
ambivalence
leisure experiences
Lifestyle migration
title The ambivalent lifestyle mobilities of Bulgarian migrants
title_full The ambivalent lifestyle mobilities of Bulgarian migrants
title_fullStr The ambivalent lifestyle mobilities of Bulgarian migrants
title_full_unstemmed The ambivalent lifestyle mobilities of Bulgarian migrants
title_short The ambivalent lifestyle mobilities of Bulgarian migrants
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topic mobility
ambivalence
leisure experiences
Lifestyle migration
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