Title: | Latvian students abroad, evolving cultural capital and return intentions |
Authors: | Lulle, Aija Buzinska, Laura |
Keywords: | Student;student;Ausland;foreign countries;Mobilität;mobility;Diaspora;diaspora;Neoliberalismus;neoliberalism;Studium;studies (academic);Kulturpolitik;cultural policy;Patriotismus;patriotism;soziale Ungleichheit;social inequality;Rückwanderung;remigration;Karriereplanung;career planning;Migration;migration;Lettland;Latvia;5.4 Sociology;5.9 Other social sciences;5.3 Educational sciences;6. Other publications;SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth |
Issue Date: | 2016 |
Publisher: | Universität Bielefeld, Fak. für Soziologie, Centre on Migration, Citizenship and Development (COMCAD) |
Citation: | Lulle , A & Buzinska , L 2016 ' Latvian students abroad, evolving cultural capital and return intentions ' COMCAD Working Papers , vol. 142 , Universität Bielefeld, Fak. für Soziologie, Centre on Migration, Citizenship and Development (COMCAD) , Bielefeld . |
Series/Report no.: | COMCAD Working Papers |
Abstract: | 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 small, peripheral and relatively poor by European standards, students go abroad for multiple reasons not necessarily directly connected with study (eg. family reasons, labour migration); yet their evolving diasporic status is instrumentalised by the Latvian government which wants them to return and contribute to the country’s development. Based on 27 in-depth interviews with Latvian students and graduates who have studied abroad, our analysis focuses on three interlinked dimensions of inequality: access to education at home and abroad; the varying prestige of higher education qualifications from different countries and universities; and the inequalities involved in getting recognition of the symbolic and cultural capital that derives from a non-Latvian university. Within a setting of neoliberal globalisation and conflicting messages from the homeland, students and graduates are faced with a challenging dilemma: how to balance their materialistic desire for a decent job and career with their patriotic duty to return to Latvia. |
Appears in Collections: | Research outputs from Pure / Zinātniskās darbības rezultāti no ZDIS Pure |
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