Care of Older People in Migration Contexts

Local and Transnational Arrangements Between Peru and Spain

Bibliographic Data

ID12426428
AuthorsMagdalena Díaz Gorfinkiel (0000-0002-2046-7084, Oxford University Press (United Kingdom), corresponding author), Angeles Escriva (0000-0002-4678-3448)
Year2012
Volume19
Issue1
Pages129-141
Publication date2012-01-22
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Politics International Studies in Gender State & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1072-4745 • E-ISSN: 1468-2893
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/sp/jxr028
PMID22611576
OpenAlexW2167230906
LanguageEN
Citations received17
References cited3

Care arrangements for the elderly are becoming a main social process in contemporary societies due to socio-political and lifestyle changes over the last few decades. The family and the State play a basic role in the construction of care systems and in the establishment of strategies to access care resources. In the present context of migration, these resources interact at a transnational level, challenging family and State migratory regimes. These new realities need the recognition of basic international social rights, as the experiences of Peruvians living in a migration context in Spain show

Context (archaeology · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Immigration and Intercultural Education · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies

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