Retirement Home? Ageing Migrant Workers in France and the Question of Return

Retirement Home? Ageing Migrant Workers in France and the Question of Return

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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 wis...

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Main Author: Hunter, Alistair (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:IMISCOE Research Series,
Subjects:
Emigration and immigration.
Population > Economic aspects.
Aging.
Human geography.
Human Migration.
Population Economics.
Ageing.
Human Geography.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Journey's End? Old Age in France's Migrant Worker Hostels
  • 2. Points of Departure: Geographical, Historical and Theoretical Contexts
  • 3. Your Papers, Please: the Temporal and Territorial Demands of Welfare State Inclusion
  • 4. Home / Sick: the Health-Migration Order
  • 5. Return to Sender: Remittances, Communication and Family Conflict
  • 6. Getting One's Bearings: Re-integration in the Home Community
  • 7. Loss of Autonomy, Dying and the Penultimate Voyage
  • 8. Conclusion: the Returns from Theory and a New Approach to Home
  • Appendix: notes on method.

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