Lifestyle Migration and Colonial Traces in Malaysia and Panama

Leading scholars in the sociology of migration, Michaela Benson and Karen O'Reilly, re-theorise lifestyle migration through a sustained focus on postcolonialism at its intersections with neoliberalism. This book provides an in-depth analysis of the interplay of colonial traces and neoliberal pr...

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Main Author: Benson, Michaela (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship,
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ISBN:9781137511584
ISSN:2662-2602
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Colonial traces and neoliberal presents: situating Malaysia and Panama
  • Chapter 3: Residential Tourism and economic development: Imagineering Boquete and Penang
  • Chapter 4: Governance as practice: regulating lifestyle migration
  • Chapter 5: Diverse Lives: weaving Personal Stories
  • Chapter 6: Working towards the good life
  • Chapter 7: Home-making and the reproduction of privilege
  • Chapter 8: The pursuit of well-being and a healthy way of life
  • Chapter 9: Telling practice stories of lifestyle migration:at the intersections of postcoloniality and neoliberalism.