Ageing as a Migrant
Motivated by the steady increase in the population of older migrants worldwide, this book acknowledges the diversity within this group and provides an interdisciplinary and multi- level approach for studying older migrants strategies to overcome vulnerability.
The book brings together original research on the topics of diversity among older migrants, social vulnerability, loneliness, (transnational) care and support networks. Based on a review of the growing literature on the topic of older migrants and anchored in the empirical findings discussed in the chapters, the book puts forward a general approach to study older migrants as social actors who develop strategies to surpass vulnerabilities. As documented by empirical research, older migrants mobilise their resources and are able to deal with structural opportunities and restrictions operating at meso and macro levels. These strategies are placed at the intersection between family obligations and resources, social networks, and migration and care regimes.
The interdisciplinary and multi-level research in this book acknowledges the heterogeneity within the population of older migrants and puts forward research results that have implications for policies targeting the growing population of older migrants. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.
Ruxandra Oana Ciobanu is Assistant Professor in the Institute of Demography and Socioeconomics, and research group leader in the Centre for the Interdisciplinary Study of Gerontology and Vulnerability, at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. Her research interests include older migrants, international migration, the welfare mix, transnational processes, and qualitative research methods.
Tineke Fokkema is Senior Researcher at the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute, and Professor of Ageing, Families and Migration at Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The central topic of her research is the ageing of populations, in particular the social wellbeing of (migrant) older adults and the patterns of intergenerational solidarity and exchange.
Mihaela Nedelcu is titular Professor in the Institute of Sociology at the University of Neuchtel, Switzerland, and project leader within the National Center of Competence in Research NCCR- on the move. Her research areas include transnational ageing, intergenerational solidarities within transnational families, and migratory dynamics in the digital era.
Research in Ethnic and Migration Studies
Series editor: Paul Statham, Director, Sussex Centre for Migration Research (SCMR), University of Sussex, UK
The Research in Ethnic and Migration Studies series publishes the results of high- quality, cutting- edge research that addresses key questions relating to ethnic relations, diversity and migration. The series is open to a range of disciplines and brings together research collaborations on specific defined topics on all aspects of migration and its consequences, including migration processes, migrants and their experiences, ethnic relations, discrimination, integration, racism, transnationalism, citizenship, identity and cultural diversity. Contributions are especially welcome when they are the result of comparative research, either across countries, cities or groups. All articles have previously been published in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (JEMS), which has a rigorous peer review system. Collective volumes in this series are either the product of Special Issues published in the journal or published articles that the Editor has selected from individual submissions.
Titles in the series:
Muslims in Europe
Comparative Perspectives on Socio- cultural Integration
Edited by Paul Statham and Jean Tillie
Ageing as a Migrant
Vulnerabilities, Agency and Policy Implications
Edited by Ruxandra Oana Ciobanu, Tineke Fokkema and Mihaela Nedelcu
Asian Migration and Education Cultures in the Anglosphere
Edited by Megan Watkins, Christina Ho and Rose Butler
Exploring the Migration Industries
New Perspectives on Facilitating and Constraining Migration
Edited by Sophie Cranston, Joris Schapendonk and Ernst Spaan
For a full list of titles please visit www.routledge.com/Research-in-Ethnic-and-Migration-Studies/book-series/REMS
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Contents
Ruxandra Oana Ciobanu, Tineke Fokkema and Mihaela Nedelcu
Russell King, Aija Lulle, Dora Sampaio and Julie Vullnetari
Ruxandra Oana Ciobanu and Tineke Fokkema
Anke Patzelt
Monika Palmberger
Claudio Bolzman and Giacomo Vagni
Ute Karl, Anne Carolina Ramos and Boris Khn
Anika Liversage and Gretty Mizrahi Mirdal
Vincent Horn
Caroline Zickgraf
Guide
The chapters in this book were originally published in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, volume 43, issue 2 (February 2017). When citing this material, please use the original page numbering for each article, as follows:
Introduction
- Ageing as a migrant: vulnerabilities, agency and policy implications
- Ruxandra Oana Ciobanu, Tineke Fokkema and Mihaela Nedelcu
- Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, volume 43, issue 2 (February 2017) pp. 164181
Chapter 1
- Unpacking the ageingmigration nexus and challenging the vulnerability trope
- Russell King, Aija Lulle, Dora Sampaio and Julie Vullnetari
- Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
