Ageing and migration in a global context : challenges for welfare states / Marion Repetti, Toni Calasanti, Chris Phillipson, editors.
This book brings together two major trends influencing economic and social life: population ageing on the one side, and migration on the other. Both have assumed increasing importance over the course of the 20th and into the 21st century. The book offers a unique interdisciplinary perspective on the...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham, Switzerland :
Springer,
2021.
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| Series: | Life course research and social policies ;
v. 13. |
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| Online Access: | Springer Humanities and Social Science eBook Collection 2021 English/International |
| Summary: | This book brings together two major trends influencing economic and social life: population ageing on the one side, and migration on the other. Both have assumed increasing importance over the course of the 20th and into the 21st century. The book offers a unique interdisciplinary perspective on the challenges posed by the globalisation of the life course to welfare states' old age and family policies. Through a variety of case studies, it covers a wide range of migration scenarios: those who migrate in later life; migrants from earlier years who age in place; and old people who hire migrant caregivers. It shows how both local and global economic inequalities intersect to frame interactions between ageing, migration, and family support. Across a wide variety of situations, it highlights that migration can both create risks for older people, but also serve as an answer to ageing-related social, economic, and health risks. The book explores tensions between national and global contexts in experiences of migration across the life course. As such this book offers a fascinating read to scholars, students, practitioners, and policy makers in the fields of aging, migration, life course, and population health. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 189 pages) : illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 3030714411 9783030714413 303071442X 9783030714420 |
| ISSN: | 2211-7784 ; |