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'We’ve done our bit’: Post-COVID experiences of precarious privilege among Western international school teachers in Shanghai
Daniel Nehring 
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Adam Poole
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Adam Poole
Sociological Research Online
Swansea University Author:
Daniel Nehring
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DOI (Published version): 10.1177/13607804241277430
Abstract
In this article, we consider how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected migration experiences and decisions among transnationally mobile Western international school teachers in China. International school teachers are among the most numerous groups of Western ‘expats’ in the country, arriving from the...
| Published in: | Sociological Research Online |
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| Published: |
Sage
2024
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https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13607804241277430 |
| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67466 |
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In this article, we consider how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected migration experiences and decisions among transnationally mobile Western international school teachers in China. International school teachers are among the most numerous groups of Western ‘expats’ in the country, arriving from the beginning of China’s ‘Reform period’. Drawing on exploratory interviews with international school teachers, we examine experiences of precarious privilege against the backdrop of COVID-19 lockdowns. We analyse our participants’ decisions about onward migration or permanence in China. In spite of evidence showing erosion of privilege during the pandemic, international school teachers remain largely insulated from its impact due to the privileged nature of their employment. Of greater significance was the impact of the Shanghai lockdown on the participants’ mobility and emotions, which proved the catalyst for two of the three participants to return to the UK. |
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| Keywords: |
Migration, sociology of education, Hong Kong, qualitative research |
| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Funders: |
Swansea University |