Transnationalism in retirement migration

The case of North European retirees in Spain

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7767348
AutoresPer Gustafson (0000-0002-0501-2743, autor de correspondencia)
Año2008
Volumen31
Número3
Páginas451-475
Fecha de publicación2008-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEthnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01419870701492000
OpenAlexW2046199013
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas85
Referencias citadas22

Most studies of migrant transnationalism have investigated the migration of workers or refugees. This paper examines to what extent and in what ways transnationalism is present in another form of migration – retirement migration from northern Europe to Spain. Relatively strong transnational characteristics are observed with regard to mobility, identities, social networks and cultural practices, whereas political transnationalism is much less developed and economic transnationalism is rather indirect. This general pattern, as well as the specific expressions of transnationalism that are found, reflects, in important respects, the migrants’ position as retirees. The paper discusses some implications of these findings for research on transnationalism and on international retirement migration. It also suggests a number of analytical dimensions of transnationalism that may be useful in other comparative studies. Keywords: Transnationalismretirement migrationSpainSwedenNorwayBritain Acknowledgements The author wants to thank Anne Helset, Karen O'Reilly and Ingemar Grandin, as well as workshop participants at the 2006 ENHR conference in Ljubljana and seminar participants at the Institute for Housing and Urban Research, Uppsala University, for encouraging and useful comments on earlier versions of this text. Additional informationNotes on contributorsPer GustafsonPER GUSTAFSON is a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Housing and Urban Research, Uppsala University

Demographic economics · Economic geography · Economics · Geography · Irregular migration · Political science · Politics · Transnationalism · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy