Ageing and Migration in a Global Context: Challenges for Welfare States (1st ed. 2021) (Life Course Research and Social Policies #13)

Synopsis

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.

Copyright:

2021

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9783030714420

Related ISBNs:

9783030714413

Publisher:

Springer International Publishing

Date of Addition:

09/23/21

Copyrighted By:

Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Social Studies, Mathematics and Statistics, Politics and Government, Sociology

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Bookshare Staff

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Marion Repetti

Edited by:

Toni Calasanti

Edited by:

Chris Phillipson