Vulnerability in a mobile world

Populations across the world are becoming increasingly mobile for many different reasons. Some are searching for a better and safer life, others migrate for economic or environmental purposes, education, or identity formation. While mobility may bring better life-chances, this book shows that for so...

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Other Authors Forbes-Mewett, Helen (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019.
Subjects
Vulnerability (Personality trait)
Cell phones.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781787569133
9781787569119
DOI10.1108/9781787569119
Physical Description1 online resource (xiii, 181 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction / Helen Forbes-Mewett
  • 2. Defining vulnerability / Helen Forbes-Mewett and Kien Nguyen-Trung
  • 3. Rethinking individual vulnerability and homelessness in Singapore / Harry Tan
  • 4. Urbanisation, vulnerability and police legitimacy / Allegra Clare Schermuly
  • 5. Vulnerability to natural disasters: the case of Vietnam's Mekong Delta / Kien Nguyen-Trung
  • 6. Refugee and asylum seeker vulnerability in the context of resettlement: the role of humanitarian organisations in Australia and Italy / Gianluigi Rotondo
  • 7. International student migration and mental health / Jiamin Gan and Helen Forbes-Mewett
  • 8. Young people's perceptions of intercultural relationships / Anita McDonald-Doh
  • 9. Negotiating 'vulnerability' in a 'mobile' world: tween girls' dressing in Singapore and YouTube / Bernice Loh
  • 10. Conclusion / Helen Forbes-Mewett
  • Index.

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