Global Elite Migrations: Mobility, Agency and Networks

Abstract

Today more than ever before, we are witnessing complex trajectories of global elite migrations as illuminated by a rapidly increasing stream of elite niched professionals trying to develop their elitist careers abroad. Building their second home at destination, global elite migrants sustain the transnational and highly visible nature of their politically eminent work through their global employment. Their list consists of migrating business executives, athletes, fashion models, actors and artists including ballet dancers and opera singers. Through their migration, transnational employment and integration, they continuously make a global impact by shaping public tastes and values and enriching the world economics.