New frontiers in international retirement migration
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چکیده
Abstract Introducing the special issue, this paper provides a state-of-the-art on established and new trends in study of international retirement migration (IRM) summarises five papers that follow. Early studies IRM were mainly within Europe drew conceptual framework lifestyle migration, with some reference to transnational mobilities paradigms. New frontiers are presented under three heads. Firstly, geographical extend destinations proximate Europe, locations global South such as Thailand Ecuador. Secondly, typological involve broadening class wealth backgrounds retirees, including ‘return retirement’ labour migrants their countries origin, attentiveness IRM's gendered aspects. Thirdly, theoretical more in-depth investigation its aspects, exploration various regimes mobility and, most importantly, political economy perspective which stresses inequalities histories colonialism shaping access privileged lifestyles. In final part paper, original features each issue highlighted, demonstrating how they collectively integrated contribute advancement research.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Ageing & Society
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0144-686X', '1469-1779']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0144686x21000179