Een definitie van de expat: hoogopgeleide migranten in Brussel

More and more attention is put by sociologists on the relation between cities, development and the activities and profiles of the people attracted by cities themselves. Brussels is a particularly vivid example of this relation, being so influenced by the massive percentage of European high-level mig...

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Main Author: Emanuele Gatti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université libre de Bruxelles - ULB 2009-08-01
Series:Brussels Studies
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/brussels/684
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description More and more attention is put by sociologists on the relation between cities, development and the activities and profiles of the people attracted by cities themselves. Brussels is a particularly vivid example of this relation, being so influenced by the massive percentage of European high-level migrants, called Expats, who live there on a temporary or a permanent basis. The article, besides trying to define what an Expat is, provides an exploratory outline of how they are perceived and they perceive themselves. Moreover, the article analyses their sense of community, showing that speaking of a coherent Expats’ community, as it is commonly done by Brussels’ institutions, might be quite imprecise.
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spelling doaj-art-cdc57e8a78de43c6bd08919a737216b82025-08-20T02:51:52ZengUniversité libre de Bruxelles - ULBBrussels Studies2031-02932009-08-0110.4000/brussels.684Een definitie van de expat: hoogopgeleide migranten in BrusselEmanuele GattiMore and more attention is put by sociologists on the relation between cities, development and the activities and profiles of the people attracted by cities themselves. Brussels is a particularly vivid example of this relation, being so influenced by the massive percentage of European high-level migrants, called Expats, who live there on a temporary or a permanent basis. The article, besides trying to define what an Expat is, provides an exploratory outline of how they are perceived and they perceive themselves. Moreover, the article analyses their sense of community, showing that speaking of a coherent Expats’ community, as it is commonly done by Brussels’ institutions, might be quite imprecise.http://journals.openedition.org/brussels/684
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Een definitie van de expat: hoogopgeleide migranten in Brussel
Brussels Studies
title Een definitie van de expat: hoogopgeleide migranten in Brussel
title_full Een definitie van de expat: hoogopgeleide migranten in Brussel
title_fullStr Een definitie van de expat: hoogopgeleide migranten in Brussel
title_full_unstemmed Een definitie van de expat: hoogopgeleide migranten in Brussel
title_short Een definitie van de expat: hoogopgeleide migranten in Brussel
title_sort een definitie van de expat hoogopgeleide migranten in brussel
url http://journals.openedition.org/brussels/684
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