Gender and Migration among Professionals

Global professional mobility has become more prevalent over the last few decades, while gender ideologies and practices have changed substantially. This book investigates the state of gender relations and social reproduction among today's mobile professionals.Key topics addressed in the book include:- the interplay between gender and migration among privileged migrants, including how shifts in gender relations have impacted on the model of the 'incorporated wife'- the reproduction of the mobile family abroad, including strategies adopted by accompanying spouses to recreate home 'on the move'- future developments, particularly the emergence of single female professionals and their positions in an often male-oriented foreign workplace.Fechter, Anne-Meike is the author of 'Gender and Migration among Professionals' with ISBN 9780415396004 and ISBN 041539600X.