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Capturing agency in different educational settings. A comparative study on youth perceptions of mobility-framing structures

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  • Tabea Schlimbach

    (German Youth Institute, Germany)

  • Jan Skrobanek

    (University of Bergen, Norway)

  • Emilia Kmiotek-Meier

    (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg)

  • Volha Vysotskaya

    (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg)

Abstract

The geographical mobility of young Europeans takes place within institutional realms that frame young people´s educational and vocational situations. These institutional framings provide unequal preconditions for going abroad. Starting from an action-oriented theoretical approach, the aim of this work was to explore young people´s international moves within different mobility settings. Based on 52 qualitative interviews with mobile youth from three mobility fields in three countries (students from Luxembourg, employees in Norway and Luxembourg and apprentices from Germany), the dynamic concept of context-sensitive mobility-related modes of action (MRMA) was developed. The applied analytic framework reflects the fact that individual perceptions and actions relating to going abroad differ greatly according to the young people’s specific current educational/vocational situations. Moreover, the comparative approach sheds light on different dimensions of inequality caused by these framing systems.

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  • Tabea Schlimbach & Jan Skrobanek & Emilia Kmiotek-Meier & Volha Vysotskaya, 2019. "Capturing agency in different educational settings. A comparative study on youth perceptions of mobility-framing structures," Migration Letters, Migration Letters, vol. 16(1), pages 15-29, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:mig:journl:v:16:y:2019:i:1:p:15-29
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    Cited by:

    1. Monica ROMAN & Vlad I. ROȘCA & Elena-Maria PRADA & Ioana MANAFI, 2023. "From Migration Aspirations To Integration: Contrasting Pioneer And Recent Moldovan Migrants In Romania," Eastern European Journal for Regional Studies (EEJRS), Center for Studies in European Integration (CSEI), Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova (ASEM), vol. 9(1), pages 32-47, June.
    2. Tuba Ardic, 2023. "Imagined Embedding(s): Young People’s Reasons for Moving to Norway," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 12(5), pages 1-17, May.
    3. Sahizer Samuk Carignani & Emilia Kmiotek-Meier & Birte Nienaber & Volha Vysotskaya, 2019. "Introduction to Special Issue on Inequalities and Youth Mobilities in Europe from Comparative Perspectives," Migration Letters, Migration Letters, vol. 16(1), pages 1-14, January.

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