Mette Ginnerskov-Dahlberg

This book explores European student migration from the perspectives of Eastern European students moving to Western Europe for study. Whilst most research on student migration in Europe focuses on the experiences of Western European students, this book uniquely casts a light on Eastern European student migrants moving to the ‘West’. Mette Ginnerskov-Dahlberg deploys a novel approach to the subject by drawing on insights gleaned from a longitudinal study of master's students pursuing an education abroad and their multifaceted journeys after graduation. Thereby, she brings their narratives to life and highlights the changes and continuities they experienced over a period of seven years, fostering an understanding of student mobility as an activity enmeshed with adult commitments and long-term aspirations. Using Denmark as a case study of a host country, Ginnerskov-Dahlberg analyses the trajectories of these students and situates their experiences within the wider socio-historical context of Eastern European post-socialism and the contemporary dynamics between EU and non-EU citizens in the welfare state of Denmark – reflecting issues playing out on the global stage today. This book will be a valuable resource for students and scholars of migration and mobility studies, as well as human geography, sociology, higher education, area studies and anthropology.

Utvecklingen av förskolan till en central samhällsinstitution har gått mycket fort sedan 1970-talets omfattande utbyggnad. Förskolan har idag en självklar plats i det svenska välfärdssamhället och utgör en betydande del av skolsystemet – men den är också en del av det marknadsanpassade skolsystemet med privata aktörer, koncept och profiler för vårdnads­havare att välja mellan. Dessa två aspekter präglar den svenska förskolan idag. Med utgångspunkt i aktuell forskning beskriver och analyserar förfat­tarna denna utveckling och situation. Perspektiven är omväxlande historiska, sociologiska och pedagogiska. Fokus riktas även mot vilka konsekvenser utvecklingen haft för förskolans organisering och hur detta påverkar både barn och föräldrar i ett alltmer socialt skiktat utbildningssystem. Förskolans expansion och marknadisering vänder sig till såväl förskollärar­studenter som yrkesverksamma förskollärare och skolledare genom att belysa förskolans betydelse för samhället från olika perspektiv.

This book explores European student migration from the perspectives of Eastern European students moving to Western Europe for study. Whilst most research on student migration in Europe focuses on the experiences of Western European students, this book uniquely casts a light on Eastern European student migrants moving to the ‘West’. Mette Ginnerskov-Dahlberg deploys a novel approach to the subject by drawing on insights gleaned from a longitudinal study of master's students pursuing an education abroad and their multifaceted journeys after graduation. Thereby, she brings their narratives to life and highlights the changes and continuities they experienced over a period of seven years, fostering an understanding of student mobility as an activity enmeshed with adult commitments and long-term aspirations. Using Denmark as a case study of a host country, Ginnerskov-Dahlberg analyses the trajectories of these students and situates their experiences within the wider socio-historical context of Eastern European post-socialism and the contemporary dynamics between EU and non-EU citizens in the welfare state of Denmark – reflecting issues playing out on the global stage today. This book will be a valuable resource for students and scholars of migration and mobility studies, as well as human geography, sociology, higher education, area studies and anthropology.