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OverviewGlobal Asian City provides a unique theoretical framework for studying the growth of cities and migration focused on the notion of desire as a major driver of international migration to Asian cities. Draws on more than 120 interviews of emigrants to Seoul—including migrant workers from Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, English teachers from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, UK and USA, and international students at two elite Korean universities Features a comparative account of different migrant populations and the ways in which national migration systems and urban processes create differences between these groups Focuses on the causes of international migrant to Seoul, South Korea, and reveals how migration has transformed the city and nation, especially in the last two decades Full Product DetailsAuthor: Francis L. CollinsPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell Dimensions: Width: 15.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.10cm Weight: 0.408kg ISBN: 9781119379980ISBN 10: 1119379989 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 29 June 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsSeries Editor’s Preface vi Acknowledgements vii 1 Introduction 1 2 Desire, Assemblage and Encounter: Beyond Regimes of Migration Management 24 3 Migration Regimes, Migrant Biographies and Discrepancy 47 4 Migration, the Urban Periphery and the Politics of Migrant Lives 71 5 Channelling Desire and Diversity 101 6 Negotiating Privilege and Precarity in Suburban Seoul 128 7 Multicultural Presence and Fractured Futures 153 8 Conclusion 181 References 194 Index 209Reviews'This intriguing piece of work casts migrants as urban actors, desires as social forces, and the city as assemblage. This work helps readers understand how migrants, desire, and the city shape each other through their encounters. It leads us to view the relationship between migration and cities in the East Asian context through the lens of the making and re-making of Seoul.' HaeRan Shin, Department of Geography, Seoul National University 'This is one of the first books to bring together two critical developments in 21st century Asia: the emergence of global cities and increasing immigration. Empirically rich, theoretically sophisticated and methodologically innovative, the book reveals how the making of Seoul as a global city is deeply entwined with migration as a process of becoming at the individual level.' Biao Xiang, School of Anthropology & Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford 'This intriguing piece of work casts migrants as urban actors, desires as social forces, and the city as assemblage. This work helps readers understand how migrants, desire, and the city shape each other through their encounters. It leads us to view the relationship between migration and cities in the East Asian context through the lens of the making and re-making of Seoul.' HaeRan Shin, Department of Geography, Seoul National University 'This is one of the first books to bring together two critical developments in 21st century Asia: the emergence of global cities and increasing immigration. Empirically rich, theoretically sophisticated and methodologically innovative, the book reveals how the making of Seoul as a global city is deeply entwined with migration as a process of becoming at the individual level.' Biao Xiang, School of Anthropology & Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford 'This intriguing piece of work casts migrants as urban actors, desires as social forces, and the city as assemblage. This work helps readers understand how migrants, desire, and the city shape each other through their encounters. It leads us to view the relationship between migration and cities in the East Asian context through the lens of the making and re-making of Seoul.' HaeRan Shin, Department of Geography, Seoul National University 'This is one of the first books to bring together two critical developments in 21st century Asia: the emergence of global cities and increasing immigration. Empirically rich, theoretically sophisticated and methodologically innovative, the book reveals how the making of Seoul as a global city is deeply entwined with migration as a process of becoming at the individual level.' Biao Xiang, School of Anthropology & Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford 'This intriguing piece of work casts migrants as urban actors, desires as social forces, and the city as assemblage. This work helps readers understand how migrants, desire, and the city shape each other through their encounters. It leads us to view the relationship between migration and cities in the East Asian context through the lens of the making and re-making of Seoul.' HaeRan Shin, Department of Geography, Seoul National University 'This is one of the first books to bring together two critical developments in 21st century Asia: the emergence of global cities and increasing immigration. Empirically rich, theoretically sophisticated and methodologically innovative, the book reveals how the making of Seoul as a global city is deeply entwined with migration as a process of becoming at the individual level.' Biao Xiang, School of Anthropology & Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford Author InformationFRANCIS L. COLLINS, PhD is Professor of Geography at the University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. His research focuses on international migration and cities with a particular emphasis on the experiences, mobility patterns, and government regulation of temporary migrants in urban contexts. He is author of numerous articles in a range of international journals and is co-editor of Migration and Diversity in Asian Contexts. 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