... globalisation of migration globalisation of population ageing Swedberg R theorising transnationalism age as a social construct ‘alarmist demography’ demography Katz S life expectancy National Institute of Aging National Institute of Health Vallin J demographic transition population ageing as East...

... social work family reunification parenting at a distance migration transnationalism Belgium – as most other Western European countries – has become an immigration country in the last decades. One in five Belgian citizens has or was born with a non-Belgian nationality. On a yearly basis, around...

... propose transnationalism as a tool to shift power and decentre dominant and hegemonic understandings of agency and victim-centred approaches. I adopt an intersectional transnational lens to unravel people’s different agencies and move beyond universalizing victims’ and survivors’ experiences. I explore...

...Using the case of transnational childcare by Chinese grandparents in Canada, this chapter presents a perspective on transnational grandparenting beyond a narrow cultural lens. Drawing on theories of transnationalism and translocality, it analyses three interconnected aspects of transnational...

... the geopolitical framework that kept them apart from loved ones elsewhere, the transnational elements to these relationships were central to their daily lives. There has been a burgeoning interest in practices of transnationalism, and the empirical work in the study reveals the complexities and dynamics...

... MCA work interactions with people abroad social structure social transnationalism socioeconomic status practices mobilities Globalisation entails the expansion and diversification of the forms of mobility of humans. Worldwide, technological progress in the fields of communication...

...This chapter surveys the social transnationalism of the hugely diverse Turkish populations to be found in five of the EU member states in the EUCROSS study. It provides a portrait of a nationality well recognised as the most transnational in the continent, despite not enjoying the privilege of EU...

...This chapter illuminates the ways in which retirement migrants can be both precarious and privileged. Transnationalism is central to understanding the local and global structures of retirement migration, and it is also shaped by global inequalities. First, citizens of the Global North are not all...

... Mexico transnationalism popular psychology This chapter looks at narratives of personal development in self-help books in contemporary Mexico. In so doing, it explores the sociocultural significance of the ‘happiness industry’ that has come to play an outsized role in contemporary life. Across much...

... to Islam discrimination Islamophobia Orientalism Orientalist perspectives Pakistani as ethnic category trans ethnicization Whites Ballard Roger desh pardesh home from home at home abroad diversity home migrants migration South Asian Muslims transnationalism women community diaspora spaces...

...Introducing the collection and the EUCROSS survey on which it is based, the chapter argues for a distinct focus on growing social transnationalism in Europe, despite the widespread gloom about the political fortune of the European Union. Everyday cross-border practices, both physical and virtual...

...This chapter focuses on the degree to which the surveyed national and migrant populations identify with different entities, such as their country of residence, the European Union, or the world as a whole. The comparative analysis shows differences in the transnationalism-identification nexus...

... upbringing wellbeing and solidarity Eurobarometer European identification Recchi E Bruter M Cram L food tastes music tastes Kontochristou M solidarity social transnationalism economic crisis political community transactionalism The 2008 financial crisis highlighted the European Union’s enormous...

... Transnationalism Young men present an interesting framework for integration policy. They should be the refugees with the most hope in front of them. They have adaptability, mobility and intelligence. Yet, this chapter will outline how the narrow framework of the integration regime structurally limits...