Merla, L., Kilkey, M. orcid.org/0000-0002-0842-7290 and Baldassar, L. (2020) Examining transnational care circulation trajectories within immobilizing regimes of migration : implications for proximate care. Journal of Family Research, 32 (3). pp. 514-536. ISSN 2699-2377
Abstract
In this paper we argue that the current political context of restrictionist migration policies is dramatically affecting people’s capacity to cross borders to engage in proximate care with their relatives, which is a central, yet often overlooked, feature of transnational care practices. We examine how the wider context of temporality, restrictive mobility, and heightened uncertainty about the future affect people’s ability to be mobile and to move back and forth for caregiving. In examining the wellbeing effects of such restrictions, we highlight their variable impact depending on factors such as socio-economic positioning, life-course stage and health. The first sections of the paper present the care circulation framework and the particular meaning and function of proximate forms of care, as well as the main categories of care-related mobility that support this. We illustrate the main dynamics and challenges faced by transnational family members who engage in these care-related mobilities, through three vignettes involving care circulation between India and the UK, China and Australia, and Morocco and Belgium. In the final section, we discuss our vignettes in relation to the political, physical, social and time dimensions of current regimes of mobility that impact on care-related mobilities. We argue that the regimes of mobility that currently govern care-related mobilities are best understood as ‘immobilizing’ regimes with important and undervalued implications for ontological security and wellbeing.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 The Authors and University of Bamburg Press. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | transnational families; care circulation; regimes of mobility; proximity; wellbeing |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Sociological Studies (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 14 Nov 2019 14:30 |
Last Modified: | 16 Dec 2021 16:21 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | University of Bamberg Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.20377/jfr-351 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:153231 |