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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. Illustrating the various contemporary
topics of study used to explore the connections between migration
and ageing, the Handbook discusses how the research interest
surrounding this interrelation has developed. Chapters explore two
central factors that have influenced the ageing-migration nexus,
namely population ageing and the globalization of international
migration. It aptly draws attention to conclusions drawn from
already completed research ventures, before considering what
research still needs to be conducted. This innovative Handbook will
be an ideal resource for researchers and practitioners aiming to
familiarize themselves with the field. It will also be beneficial
for more experienced researchers studying topics such as migration,
welfare states and social gerontology, as well as academics looking
to become more informed on the connections between migration and
ageing.
A recurring theme of the public discourse on immigration in Europe
today is that migrants are primarily young people, of working age.
Against this short-sighted view, the main contribution of this book
is to propose that processes of ageing and dying constitute a
critical juncture in the settlement of migrant-origin communities,
precipitating novel intercultural negotiations in societies
characterized by post-migration diversity. Bringing together seven
studies reflecting different institutional and (trans)national
contexts, the chapters fall under two main themes. A key issue when
facing death is the organization of adequate care for the dying,
which may be a challenging task in pluralized settings involving
both migrant patients and migrant carers. Facing the end of life
furthermore involves the practice of rituals in order to make sense
of the transition from life to death. Whether through care or
ritual, the studies presented here show that the need to reconcile
different cultural, religious and administrative norms relating to
death is infused with ontological insecurities which may result in
new or renewed interrogations of identities and belongings. This
book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of
Intercultural Studies.
A recurring theme of the public discourse on immigration in Europe
today is that migrants are primarily young people, of working age.
Against this short-sighted view, the main contribution of this book
is to propose that processes of ageing and dying constitute a
critical juncture in the settlement of migrant-origin communities,
precipitating novel intercultural negotiations in societies
characterized by post-migration diversity. Bringing together seven
studies reflecting different institutional and (trans)national
contexts, the chapters fall under two main themes. A key issue when
facing death is the organization of adequate care for the dying,
which may be a challenging task in pluralized settings involving
both migrant patients and migrant carers. Facing the end of life
furthermore involves the practice of rituals in order to make sense
of the transition from life to death. Whether through care or
ritual, the studies presented here show that the need to reconcile
different cultural, religious and administrative norms relating to
death is infused with ontological insecurities which may result in
new or renewed interrogations of identities and belongings. This
book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of
Intercultural Studies.
This open access book offers new insights into the ageing-migration
nexus and the nature of home. Documenting the hidden world of
France's migrant worker hostels, it explores why older North and
West African men continue to live past retirement age in this
sub-standard housing. Conventional wisdom holds that at retirement
labour migrants ought to instead return to their families in home
countries, where their French pensions would have far greater
purchasing power. This paradox is the point of departure for a book
which transports readers from the banlieues of Paris to the banks
of the Senegal River and the villages of the Anti-Atlas. In
intimate ethnographic detail, the author brings to life the
experiences of these older labour migrants by sharing in the life
of the hostels as a resident, by observing at close quarters the
men's family life on the other side of the Mediterranean as a guest
in their homes, and even by accompanying them in their travels by
bus, sea, and air. The monograph evaluates several theories of
migration against rich qualitative data gathered from multiple
methods: biographical narrative and semi-structured interviews,
participant observation, and archival research. In the process, it
offers a thoughtful contribution to broader debates on what it
means for migrants to belong and achieve inclusion in society. This
book has been awarded an 'honourable mention' in the Khayrallah
Prize in Migration Studies, courtesy of the Moise A. Khayrallah
Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies at North Carolina State
University. For more information please see:
https://lebanesestudies.ncsu.edu/awards/scholarly/2018.php. This
book has been nominated for the 2019 BSA Philip Abrams Memorial
Prize
This open access book offers new insights into the ageing-migration
nexus and the nature of home. Documenting the hidden world of
France's migrant worker hostels, it explores why older North and
West African men continue to live past retirement age in this
sub-standard housing. Conventional wisdom holds that at retirement
labour migrants ought to instead return to their families in home
countries, where their French pensions would have far greater
purchasing power. This paradox is the point of departure for a book
which transports readers from the banlieues of Paris to the banks
of the Senegal River and the villages of the Anti-Atlas. In
intimate ethnographic detail, the author brings to life the
experiences of these older labour migrants by sharing in the life
of the hostels as a resident, by observing at close quarters the
men's family life on the other side of the Mediterranean as a guest
in their homes, and even by accompanying them in their travels by
bus, sea, and air. The monograph evaluates several theories of
migration against rich qualitative data gathered from multiple
methods: biographical narrative and semi-structured interviews,
participant observation, and archival research. In the process, it
offers a thoughtful contribution to broader debates on what it
means for migrants to belong and achieve inclusion in society. This
book has been awarded an 'honourable mention' in the Khayrallah
Prize in Migration Studies, courtesy of the Moise A. Khayrallah
Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies at North Carolina State
University. For more information please see:
https://lebanesestudies.ncsu.edu/awards/scholarly/2018.php. This
book has been nominated for the 2019 BSA Philip Abrams Memorial
Prize
`Professor A. M. Hunter of Aberdeen has performed many valued
services to the student world and to the busy pastor in his
preaching and parish work; but no previous book of his is more
timely in its appearance than The Gospel according to St Paul. The
reason is obvious. t" or here in short compass and in, a readable
style, Prof.4lunter has distilled a great deal of New Testament
teaching and much practical wisdom - and in a way which the
preacher will find most palatable. But the timeliness of this book
is nothing short of providential. In a day.when Paul is assailed by
many moderns, this book comes with a refreshing positiveness and
convincing appeal. And at a time when our youngsters are all eager
to pick up the latest vagary, it is good to be reminded that Paul
has still his contemporary defenders, who are concerned not so much
to read into Paul their own ideas as to listen patiently to what
his teaching contains. This surely is the supreme value of Dr
Hunter's little book' (Christian).
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