| Family Life in an Age of Migration and Mobility: Global Perspectives Through the Life Course 2016 Edition Contributor(s): Kilkey, Majella (Editor), Palenga-Möllenbeck, Ewa (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1137520973 ISBN-13: 9781137520975 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $132.99 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy |
| Dewey: 304.8 |
| Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 6.1" W x 8.69" (1.28 lbs) 358 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In an age of migration and mobility many aspects of contemporary family life - from biological reproduction to marriage, from child-rearing to care of the elderly - take place against a backdrop of intensified movement across a range of spatial scales from the global to the local. This insightful book analyzes the opportunities and challenges this poses for families and for academic, empirical and policy understandings of 'the family' on a global level, including case studies from Europe, India, the Philippines, South Korea, the United States and Australia. With chapters on international reproductive tourism, transnational parenting, 'mail-order brides' and 'sunset migration', it examines the implications of migration and mobility for families at different stages of the life course. Moreover, it brings together leading international scholars to connect a fragmented field of research, and in so doing enables an interdisciplinary exchange, generating new insights for theory, policy and empirical analysis. |
