Migration, Diversity and Inequality in Later Life

Migration, Diversity and Inequality in Later Life
Author: Dora Sampaio
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2022-08-31
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3031108949

This book is the first comprehensive ethnographic study of the diversity of living and ageing experiences of three groups of older migrants – return, lifestyle and ageing-in-place labour migrants – from a comparative perspective. It explores the motivations, ageing experiences and aspirations of transnational ageing migrants in the context of the Portuguese islands of the Azores and situates the research within debates of the ageing-migration nexus. The book’s interdisciplinary approach to transnational embodied and emplaced experiences of ageing facilitates a dialogue between various fields concerned with ageing and mobilities, including geography, anthropology, sociology, social gerontology, social work, and studies of health and wellbeing.

Social Divisions and Later Life

Social Divisions and Later Life
Author: Gilleard, Chris
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2020-04-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 144733860X

As the population ages, this book reveals how divides that are apparent through childhood and working life change and are added to in later life. Two internationally renowned experts in ageing look beyond longstanding factors like class, gender and ethnicity to explore new social divisions, including contrasting states of physical fitness and mental health. They show how differences in health and frailty are creating fresh inequalities in later life, with significant implications for the future of our ageing societies. This accessible overview of social divisions is essential reading for those interested in the sociology of ageing and its differences, diversities and inequalities.

Research Handbook on Inequalities in Later Life

Research Handbook on Inequalities in Later Life
Author: Catherine Earl
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2024-06-05
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1789907241

This Research Handbook critically examines the myriad social and economic inequalities faced by those in later life. Contributors dissect examples from the Global North and South to support a new approach to studying ageing that moves beyond popular discourses.

Migration, Diversity and Inequality in Later Life

Migration, Diversity and Inequality in Later Life
Author: Dora Sampaio
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022
Genre:
ISBN: 9783031108952

Based on ethnographic research in the unique archipelagic space of the Azores, Dora Sampaio has crafted a stunningly original account of the intersections between ageing and migration. Her study of three later-life migrant groups provides an object-lesson in comparative, multi-sited research geared to two of the important global demographic processes of our time: migration and ageing" --Russell King, University of Sussex, UK. "At a time when migration in later life is growing globally, Migration, Diversity and Inequality in Later Life: Ageing at a Crossroads offers a comprehensive guide to understanding ageing and later-life migration in transnational context. Dora Sampaio brings clarity to the diversity and inequality in later life and the complexity of later-life migration decision-making" --Maria Lucinda Fonseca, University of Lisbon, Portugal. "This book shines a bright light on the neglected intersection of migration and ageing, and eventually death. It illustrates the contrasting experiences of different groups of later life migrants who are united in their pursuit of 'good ageing' but sharply divided in having the resources to achieve this. Dora Sampaio combines theoretical insights with the, often joyous and sometimes painful, stories of individuals in a compelling account which blends reason and affect in a benchmark study" --Allan Williams, University of Surrey, UK. This book is the first comprehensive ethnographic study of the diversity of living and ageing experiences of three groups of older migrants - return, lifestyle and ageing-in-place labour migrants - from a comparative perspective. It explores the motivations, ageing experiences and aspirations of transnational ageing migrants in the context of the Portuguese islands of the Azores and situates the research within debates of the ageing-migration nexus. The book's interdisciplinary approach to transnational embodied and emplaced experiences of ageing facilitates a dialogue between various fields concerned with ageing and mobilities, including geography, anthropology, sociology, social gerontology, social work, and studies of health and wellbeing. Dora Sampaio is Assistant Professor at the Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Utrecht University, the Netherlands, and a Research Associate with the Max Planck Research Group 'Ageing in a Time of Mobility'. .

Ageing, Diversity and Equality

Ageing, Diversity and Equality
Author: Sue Westwood
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019
Genre: Aging
ISBN: 9780415786690

Ageing, Diversity and Equality challenges and provoke the above described normativity and offer an alternative approach which highlights the heterogeneity and diversity of ageing, associated inequalities and their intersections.

Handbook on Migration and Ageing

Handbook on Migration and Ageing
Author: Sandra Torres
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 375
Release: 2023-07-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1839106778

This comprehensive Handbook explores the fundamental concepts surrounding the ageing-migration nexus. It is indispensable reading, presenting interdisciplinary research to investigate the unique experiences of older migrants, migrant eldercare workers and older people left behind.

Social Divisions and Later Life

Social Divisions and Later Life
Author: Gilleard, Chris
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2020-04-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1447338596

As the population ages, this book reveals how divides that are apparent through childhood and working life change and are added to in later life. Two internationally renowned experts in ageing look beyond longstanding factors like class, gender and ethnicity to explore new social divisions, including contrasting states of physical fitness and mental health. They show how differences in health and frailty are creating fresh inequalities in later life, with significant implications for the future of our ageing societies. This accessible overview of social divisions is essential reading for those interested in the sociology of ageing and its differences, diversities and inequalities.

Lifestyle Migration

Lifestyle Migration
Author: Michaela Benson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2016-05-06
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 131710515X

Relatively affluent individuals from various corners of the globe are increasingly choosing to migrate, spurred on by the promise of a better and more fulfilling way of life within their destination. Despite its increasing scale, migration academics have yet to consolidate and establish lifestyle migration as a subfield of theoretical enquiry, until now. This volume offers a dynamic and holistic analysis of contemporary lifestyle migrations, exploring the expectations and aspirations which inform and drive migration alongside the realities of life within the destination. It also recognizes the structural conditions (and constraints) which frame lifestyle migration, laying the groundwork for further intellectual enquiry. Through rich empirical case studies this volume addresses this important and increasingly common form of migration in a manner that will interest scholars of mobility, migration, lifestyle and culture across the social sciences.