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The would-be migrant: post-socialist primitive accumulation, potential transnational mobility, and the displacement of the present in northeast China

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This article argues that ‘would-be migrants’ – people who prepare for migrating overseas to the extent that their present lives are significantly changed – should become a central figure in migration studies. There are many more would-be migrants than actual migrants, and they also have deeper impacts on migration processes and local societies. Instead of treating the would-be migrant as a derivative of the category of ‘migrant’, this article establishes it as the primary figure, and argues t...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1017/trn.2014.3

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
SAME
Sub department:
Social & Cultural Anthropology
Oxford college:
St Hugh's College
Role:
Author
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press Publisher's website
Journal:
TRaNS: Trans-Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia Journal website
Volume:
2
Issue:
2
Pages:
183-199
Publication date:
2014-06-26
Acceptance date:
2014-01-01
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EISSN:
2051-3658
ISSN:
2051-364X
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pubs:1042716
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uuid:c4941f61-1abb-476d-94f7-1f2ffc103267
Local pid:
pubs:1042716
Source identifiers:
1042716
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2019-08-12

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