Retirement migration and transnational lifestyles

Bibliographic Data

ID11200690
AuthorsPer Gustafson (0000-0002-0501-2743, University of Gothenburg, corresponding author)
Year2001
Volume21
Issue4
Pages371-394
Publication date2001-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAgeing and Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0144-686X • E-ISSN: 1469-1779
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0144686x01008327
OpenAlexW2156742722
LanguageEN
Citations received127
References cited20

Research on international retirement migration has so far focused on quantitative measures of migration, migrants' wellbeing, reasons for migration and consequences of migration in the receiving areas, while paying scant attention to the transnational experiences of the migrants. Research on transnational forms of living, on the other hand, has largely ignored the life projects of retirees. This paper tries to bridge that gap, by investigating experiences of transnational mobility, multiple place attachment and cultural differences among Swedish retirees pursuing seasonal migration between Sweden and Spain. Qualitative interviews were made with 46 respondents who spent at least three months per year in each country. The analysis of the interviews produced three ideal-typical transnational lifestyles: translocal normality, multilocal adaptation and routinised sojourning. These lifestyles reflect different strategies for managing cultural difference, but also different forms and aspects of place attachment and different ideals of mobility

Bridge (graph theory) · Demographic economics · Economic geography · Economics · Geography · Ideal (ethics) · Normality · Political science · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Psychology · Rural development and sustainability · Social Psychology