How does mobility shape parental strategies: a case of the Israeli global middle class and their 'immobile' peers in Tel Aviv
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- How does mobility shape parental strategies - a case of the Israeli global middle class and their immobile peers in Tel Aviv_(accepted_version)
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We examined the parental strategies of global middle class (GMC) parents currently living in Israel, and compared these to their local middle class (LMC) peers. Both groups of parents were focused on securing advantages for their children through education choices and practices of cultivation. The central difference between these two groups of middle class parents was the ways in which ‘mobile-mindedness’ was conceived of, and in turn shaped the future aspirations they held for their children. A second critical finding was that this group of GMC actively fostered strong relations to belonging to their ‘home’ nation, challenging the suggestion of rootless nomads found in the literature. We argue that the GMCs in our sample think locally in each place they settle in order to secure the educational advantage, but act globally with respect to their children’s prospective futures. Meanwhile, the LMCs think globally in terms of cultivating forms of capital to secure advantages for their children, but do so with a locally-informed frame of reference for their imagined futures. These conceptual insights into the lived narratives of the GMC have implications for the ways we come to understand this emerging middle class fraction, and should shape further research in this area.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Globalisation, Societies and Education |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 3 |
Pages (from-to) | 324-338 |
ISSN | 1476-7724 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 27 May 2019 |
- Global middle class, parental educational strategies, Tel Aviv, mobility, belonging
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