Ageing, Gender, and Labour Migration

by Russell King and Aija Lulle

This book explores how the real conditions and subjective conceptions of ageing and well-being are transformed when people move from one country to another. Focusing on ageing female migrants from Latvia in the UK and other European countries, this book is based on fifty life-history interviews with women aged 40s-60s. Empirical chapters concentrate on functional well-being in migration, which includes access to the economic citizenship of work, income,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137556145
• ISBN13: 9781137556141
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 139 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"