Aging within Transnational Families: The Case of Older Peruvians

by Vincent Horn

Overview

'Aging within Transnational Families' is the first book to provide a multi-method approach to studying aging across borders. By asking how, why and to what extent do older Peruvians engage in transnational family ties and practices, the book enhances our knowledge about aging across borders. Drawing on the care circulation framework and the capacity and desire approach, it explores the motivations of older Peruvians’ transnational involvement as well as the factors influencing the scope and propensity of their cross-border practices. From a lifecourse perspective, the book asks how age relates to older Peruvian migrants’ integration into the host society and engagement in the sending of remittances and visits of family members in Peru. Exploring the prevalence and structuring features of family-related transnational practices against the backdrop of different migration regimes 'Aging within Transnational Families' shows how policies affect transnational family configurations and the role of older people within them.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781783089062
Publisher:	Anthem Press
Publication date:	03/15/2019
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Vincent Horn is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Education, Johannes-Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Germany. He is the co-editor of two special issues of journals on transnational aging and of 'Transnational Aging – Current Insights and Future Challenges' (2015). Horn has also published various articles and book chapters on transnational migration, old age care migration and migrant care workers.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Theoretical Framework; 3. Aging within Transnational Families; 4. Methods and Data; 5. Care Circulation; 6. Migration Regimes Matter; 7. Sending Remittances; 8. Family Visits and the Life-Course; 9. Situating Transnational Activities; Conclusion; Appendix; Explanatory Notes; References; Index.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

‘Guided by a theoretical framework and using both qualitative and quantitative data, this book is a major step forward in the fascinating research field of transnational families. It will inspire scholars and practitioners to think more about the implications of growing old in a migration context.’
—Tineke Fokkema, Professor of Ageing, Families and Migration, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands, and Senior Researcher, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute

‘"Aging within Transnational Families" is a thought-provoking book that makes an important contribution to knowledge. Drawing from transnational theoretical perspectives and multisited qualitative and quantitative original data, it unveils the multiples facets of the transnational life and agency of older Peruvians within their dispersed families.’
—Mihaela Nedelcu, Institute of Sociology, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland