The Immobility Turn
Mobility, Migration and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Seiten
2023
Bristol University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5292-3005-5 (ISBN)
Bristol University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5292-3005-5 (ISBN)
Using empirical evidence from Portugal, a geopolitically important point of intersection within Europe and between Global South and Global North, this book offers invaluable insights about how the pandemic has impacted migration, mobility, industries and individuals' lives, informing policy-making processes on a global level.
This book looks at the changes that have taken place in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, following the lockdown of societies and imposition of border controls in an attempt to limit the spread of the virus.
Using empirical evidence from Portugal, a geopolitically important point of intersection within Europe and between Global South and Global North, the book examines consequences of the apparent end of mobility expansionism, developing a refreshing theoretical concept of ‘immobility turn.’
Focusing on the tourist industry, universities hosting international students and migration agencies, the book offers invaluable insights about how the pandemic affected institutions and individuals’ lives, informing policy-making processes on a global level.
This book looks at the changes that have taken place in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, following the lockdown of societies and imposition of border controls in an attempt to limit the spread of the virus.
Using empirical evidence from Portugal, a geopolitically important point of intersection within Europe and between Global South and Global North, the book examines consequences of the apparent end of mobility expansionism, developing a refreshing theoretical concept of ‘immobility turn.’
Focusing on the tourist industry, universities hosting international students and migration agencies, the book offers invaluable insights about how the pandemic affected institutions and individuals’ lives, informing policy-making processes on a global level.
David Cairns is Principal Researcher at the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology at ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal. Mara Clemente is Integrated Researcher at the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology at ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal.
1. COVID-19 and the Immobility Turn
2. Theorizing the Immobility Turn
3. From Overtourism to Undertourism, and Back Again
4. International Student Mobility and Immobility
5. Maintaining Migration during a Pandemic
6. Mobility after an Immobility Turn
| Erscheinungsdatum | 15.03.2023 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 8 Illustrations, black and white |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 127 x 203 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| Technik | |
| Wirtschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5292-3005-5 / 1529230055 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5292-3005-5 / 9781529230055 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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