Between a ‘student abroad’ and ‘being from Latvia’: inequalities of access, prestige, and foreign-earned cultural capital.

This paper visualises tertiary-level students who study abroad as simultaneously both international students and members of an emerging diaspora. Coming from a country (Latvia) which is peripheral and relatively poor by European standards, students go abroad for multiple reasons not necessarily dire...

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Publicado en:Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies Vol. 43; no. 8; pp. 1362 - 1379
Autores principales: Lulle, Aija, Buzinska, Laura
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jun2017
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          Department of Geography, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
          Department of Geography, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
          Centre for Diaspora and Migration Research, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
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