Latvian students abroad, evolving cultural capital and return intentions.

Autor/inn/en	Lulle, Aija; Buzinska, Laura
Institution	Center on Migration, Citizenship and Development (Bielefeld)
Titel	Latvian students abroad, evolving cultural capital and return intentions.
Quelle	Bielefeld (2016), 25 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	COMCAD Working Papers. 146
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
URN	urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-50709-6
Schlagwörter	Soziale Ungleichheit; Kulturpolitik; Mobilität; Soziale Ungleichheit; Student; Studium; Ausland; Lettland; Kulturpolitik; Migration; Karriereplanung; Patriotismus; Neoliberalismus; Migration; Mobilität; Neoliberalismus; Patriotismus; Diaspora; Karriereplanung; Studium; Student; Ausland; Lettland
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.
Erfasst von	GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Mannheim
Update	2020/2