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"In this exploration of the meaning of home, Annie Zaidi reflects on the places in India from which she derives her sense of identity. She looks back on the now renamed city of her birth and the impossibility of belonging in the industrial township where she grew up. From her ancestral village, in a region notorious for its gangsters, to the mega-city where she now lives, Zaidi provides a nuanced perspective on forging a sense of belonging as a minority and a migrant in places where other communities consider you an outsider, and of the fragility of home left behind and changed beyond recognition. Zaidi is the 2019/ 2020 winner of the Nine Dots Prize for creative thinking that tackles contemporary social issues. "--

Intro -- Abstract -- Profiles -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1 : Introduction -- i. Research Question / Collection of Biographies -- ii. The Field and Biographical sample -- iii. Methodology: interviews, participant observation -- iv. Observing Oneself: Positionality -- v. Defining Corporate Mobility and Fieldwork -- vi. Mobility Factors -- vii. Framework -- Chapter 2 : Plug In / Plug Out -- i. Working Strategies -- ii. Working together -- iii. On the Personal Front -- iv. Affective Analysis -- v. Containing Perspectives -- vi. Conclusion -- Chapter 3 : Families on the Move -- i. Mobility Snapshots -- ii. Conclusion -- Chapter 4 : Intellectual Capital as Currency -- i. Language as Currency -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 : Mobility Flows: Emotions -- Food, Rituals, Memory -- i. Affect Theory Unpacked -- ii. Sensorial Mobility -- iii. Emotional Capital -- iv. Emotions on the Move -- v. Conclusion -- Chapter 6 : Transnational Transformations -- i. Management Matters -- ii. Mobile Leaders -- iii. Success Factors -- iv. Conclusion -- Chapter 7 : Basel Topography & -- Features -- i. Imaginary of Basel -- ii. (Un)common Spaces -- iii. Conclusion -- Chapter 8: Basel is Unique - City Life -- i . Reality Bites -- ii. International School Bubble -- iii. (In)Visible Boundaries -- iv. Consuming Cosmopolitanism -- v. Conclusion -- Chapter 9: Mobility or Not? -- i. Dual Career Choices -- ii. Support Networks -- iii. Conclusion -- Chapter 10 : Swiss Spaces -- i. Gruezi! Greetings! -- ii. Permission, Please! -- iii. Integration Means? -- iv. Conclusion -- Chapter 11: Exploring 'I' -- i. Getting to know Basel -- ii. Learning By Doing -- iii. University Experience -- iv. What does this mean? -- v. Conclusion -- Chapter 12 : Sensorialscapes -- i. Linking Spatialities -- ii. Emotional Capital -- iii. Discomfort Explored -- iv. Conclusion.

Der Londoner Fotograf Tariq Zaidi zeigt eine faszinierende subkulturelle Modebewegung in Kinshasa und Brazzaville: La Sape, Société des Ambianceurs et des Personnes Élégantes ( Gesellschaft der Stimmungsmacher und eleganten Menschen) Ihre Anhänger nennen sich "Sapeur" ("Sapeuse", weibl.). Die meisten Sapeurs arbeiten tagsüber als Taxifahrer, Schneider oder Gärtner, verwandeln sich aber nach Feierabend in lässig-elegante Dandys. Wenn sie durch die Strassen stolzieren, werden sie wie Rockstars bejubelt - sie fallen auf und bringen etwas Leichtigkeit in einen Alltag, der ganz im Widerspruch zu diesem eleganten Kleidungsstil steht. Obwohl "La Sape" traditionell den Männern vorbehalten war, tragen seit Neuestem auch immer mehr kongolesische Frauen und Kinder Designer-Mode. Es gilt das Motto: "Weisse haben die Kleidung erfunden, aber wir machen Kunst daraus." (Papa Wemba, 1949-2016, kongolesischer Musiker und Stilikone der Sapeur-Bewegung). (Verlagstext)

In this exploration of the meaning of home, Annie Zaidi reflects on the places in India from which she derives her sense of identity. She looks back on the now renamed city of her birth and the impossibility of belonging in the industrial township where she grew up. From her ancestral village, in a region notorious for its gangsters, to the mega-city where she now lives, Zaidi provides a nuanced perspective on forging a sense of belonging as a minority and a migrant in places where other communities consider you an outsider, and of the fragility of home left behind and changed beyond recognition. Zaidi is the 2019/ 2020 winner of the Nine Dots Prize for creative thinking that tackles contemporary social issues. This title is also available as Open Access.

"Well-Being of Older People in Ageing Societies poses answers to the question of how we can measure and conceptualize the well-being of older people. It focuses on the future research agenda and policy reforms that will be necessary to maintain a decent well-being for older people, given the context of our ageing populations. This book draws on longitudinal datasets and empirical research on the multidimensional measures of older people's welfare, providing a comparative analysis of social assistance and pensions for older people in the UK and The Netherlands. This title will be essential reading to anyone with an interest in gerontology and the effect society, public policy and governance can have on the welfare of older people."--Provided by publisher.