Enabling, structuring and creating elite transnational lifestyles
Intermediaries of the Super-Rich and the Elite Mobilities Industry
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3613624 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sin Yee Koh (0000-0001-9350-1119, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, corresponding author), Bart Wissink (0000-0001-7307-8528, City University of Hong Kong) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 592-609 |
| Publication date | 2018-03-12 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Community (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-9586 • E-ISSN: 1469-9451 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1369183x.2017.1315509 |
| OpenAlex | W2735796291 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 34 |
| References cited | 58 |
This article considers how the migration industries lens can be usefully employed in understanding how professional intermediaries enable, structure, and create transnational migration lifestyles of the super-rich. In particular, we examine how intermediaries and their services (1) enable the continued sustenance of transnational migration lifestyles for this group of elites; and (2) structure and create elite transnational lifestyles. This article primarily draws on interviews with professional intermediaries who service the super-rich, and content analysis of their websites and brochures. Inspired by insights from the new mobilities paradigm (and in particular the politics of mobility), we argue for an expanded conceptualisation of the migration industries beyond the literature’s current focus on labour recruitment and migration management. Specifically, we suggest thinking of the migration industries as a collection of actors and services that enable, structure, and create different types of ‘migrants’, their spaces and their highly uneven transnational mobilities – including that of the super-rich and their elite transnational lifestyles. We conclude with suggestions for a research agenda that may help to better understand the role of intermediaries in the creation of differentiated mobilities
Business · Economic geography · Economics · Elite · Intermediary · Mobilities · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Structuring · Sustenance · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Marketing
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| Unique citing works | 34 |
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| Citations per year | 3,4 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 33 |