%0 Journal Article
%T Failing to succeed ? The role of migration in the reproduction of social advantage amongst young graduates in Hong Kong Le r le des migrations dans la reproduction des avantages sociaux chez les jeunes dipl m¨¦s ¨¤ Hong Kong
%A Johanna£¿L. Waters
%J Belgeo : Revue Belge de G¨¦ographie
%D 2012
%I National Committee of Geography of Belgium, Soci¨¦t¨¦ Royale Belge de G¨¦ographie
%X This paper attempts to unpack the role of failure, and subsequent international mobility, in affecting employment outcomes for ¡®overseas educated¡¯ university graduates in Hong Kong. It draws upon extensive fieldwork in Hong Kong and Canada, to scrutinise the link between international credentials and migration, asking : do experiences of living abroad ¨C for schooling and the whole of a university education ¨C confer distinction and subsequent social advantage upon already privileged individuals and their families, offsetting previous academic ¡°failure¡± ? If so, then why does this process of valorisation occur ? In much of the extant literature on international education, the advantages bestowed upon internationally mobile students are taken for granted. In contrast, this paper begins with the premise that a ¡®local¡¯ university degree is widely considered significantly superior to one acquired abroad. Despite this, however, graduates educated overseas are clearly advantaged in many ways when they return to Hong Kong to find work. The analysis of the data shows that the cultural capital and social capital developed through living abroad and attending an overseas higher education institution override, in various ways, the inherent value of a local university degree. The paper contributes to wider debates around the role of international education in the reproduction of privilege and the continuation of class inequalities in educational outcomes. Cet article tente d¡¯examiner le r le de l¡¯¨¦chec et de la mobilit¨¦ internationale qui en d¨¦coule, affectant les d¨¦bouch¨¦s professionnels pour les dipl m¨¦s d¡¯outre-mer ¨¤ Hong Kong. Il se base sur un vaste travail de terrain men¨¦ ¨¤ Hong Kong ainsi qu¡¯au Canada, dans le but d¡¯analyser le lien entre r¨¦f¨¦rences internationales et migrations. La question pos¨¦e est la suivante : les exp¨¦riences acquises ¨¤ l¡¯¨¦tranger, en mati¨¨re de scolarit¨¦ et de formation universitaire, conf¨¨rent-elles prestige et avantages sociaux subs¨¦quents aux individus et familles d¨¦j¨¤ privil¨¦gi¨¦s, en compensant un pr¨¦c¨¦dent ¨¦chec acad¨¦mique ? Le cas ¨¦ch¨¦ant, quelle est l¡¯origine de ce processus de valorisation ? Une bonne partie de la litt¨¦rature relative ¨¤ l¡¯enseignement international consid¨¨re les avantages conf¨¦r¨¦s aux ¨¦tudiants internationaux mobiles comme allant de soi. Notre article, au contraire, d¨¦bute par la pr¨¦misse qu¡¯un dipl me universitaire ¡°local¡± est largement consid¨¦r¨¦ comme nettement sup¨¦rieur ¨¤ un dipl me obtenu ¨¤ l¡¯¨¦tranger. Cependant, malgr¨¦ cela, les dipl m¨¦s form¨¦s ¨¤ l¡¯¨¦tranger se trouvent clairement avantag¨¦s de multiples fa ons
%K migration
%K international education
%K young graduates
%K class reproduction
%K Hong Kong
%K Canada
%K migrations
%K enseignement international
%K jeunes dipl m¨¦s
%K reproduction sociale
%K Hong Kong
%K Canada
%U http://belgeo.revues.org/6419