Work in London, love in Paris: middle class mobility over the Channel Tunnel.
Our paper contributes to the analysis of the transformation of middle classes in Europe by linking the issue of spatialization of class at the transnational and urban levels with the question of mobility and skilled migration. We therefore analyse the migration motives and urban practices (lifestyle...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies Vol. 47; no. 17; pp. 4023 - 4040 |
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October 2021
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