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Transnational migration and educational opportunities: A case study of migration from Brazil to Germany

Author(s) -

Javier A. Carnicer

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

london review of education

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.326

H-Index - 21

eISSN - 1474-8479

pISSN - 1474-8460

DOI - 10.18546/lre.17.1.02

Subject(s) - disadvantaged , inequality , context (archaeology) , sociology , educational inequality , social inequality , social mobility , gender studies , demographic economics , economic geography , political science , economic growth , geography , social science , economics , mathematical analysis , mathematics , archaeology

Based on a case study, this article discusses connections between educational inequality in Brazil, transnational migration and educational upward mobility. It analyses a young woman’s migration from a favela in Brazil to Germany with a focus on the educational aspirations that motivated it, that is, as a case of educational migration. It describes the social trajectories of this young woman and her family and interprets them in the context of recent socio-economic developments in Brazil, thus showing how educational inequality can drive migration. The significance of networks, as well as of migration and educational regimes that shape this trajectory, are taken into account. The analysis aims to show how migrants from disadvantaged social backgrounds actively take part in the transnationalization of education.

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