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Unpacking the ageing–migration nexus and challenging the vulnerability trope
journal contribution
posted on 2018-10-30, 12:53 authored by Russell King, Aija Lulle, Dora Sampaio, Julie VullnetariThe nexus between ageing and migration throws up a variety of situations. In this paper, we map out the various circumstances in which ageing and migration fuse together as entwined trajectories to produce situations of vulnerability, coping, active ageing and variable well-being. The ageing process is seen to be socially constructed and culturally embedded; hence, place – at ‘home’ or ‘abroad’, or some transnational mix – becomes a paramount structuring variable. Different models of successful ageing compete as migrants move and age in different countries and different cultures; the Western model of individual self-reliance should not necessarily be imposed on ageing migrant populations. In the final part of the article we challenge the prevailing trope of vulnerability applied to the perceived double disadvantage of being both an older person and a migrant, and present four case-studies in which older migrants enact agency and independence to achieve a greater level of material and subjective well-being.
History
School
- Social Sciences
Department
- Geography and Environment
Published in
Journal of Ethnic and Migration StudiesVolume
43Issue
2Pages
182 - 198Citation
KING, R. ... et al, 2017. Unpacking the ageing–migration nexus and challenging the vulnerability trope. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 43 (2), pp.182-198Publisher
Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group (© Informa UK Limited)Version
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publisher statement
This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Publication date
2017Notes
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies on 04/10/2016, available online: https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12427ISSN
1369-183XeISSN
1469-9451Publisher version
Language
- es