Introduction to the Special Issue "Transnational care: Families confronting borders"
Abstract: In this article, we introduce the key themes of our Special Issue on "Transnational care: families confronting borders". Central to this collection is the question of how family relations and solidarities are impacted by the current scenario of closed borders and increasingly restrictive migration regimes. This question is examined more specifically through the lens of care dynamics within transnational families and their (re-)configurations across diverse contexts marked by "immobilizing regimes of migration". We begin by presenting a brief overview of key concepts in the transnational families and caregiving literature that provides a foundation for the diverse cases explored in the articles, including refugees and asylum seekers in Germany and Finland, Polish facing Brexit in the UK, Latin American migrants transiting through Mexico, and restrictionist drifts in migration policies in Australia, Belgium and the UK. Drawing on this rich work, we identify two policy tools; namely t
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Einführung in das Sonderheft "Transnationale Pflege: Familien vor Grenzen"
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
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Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: JFR - Journal of Family Research ; 32 (2020) 3 ; 393-414
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Soziale Probleme, Sozialdienste, Versicherungen
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Veröffentlichung
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Mannheim
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SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
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2020
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Merla, Laura
Kilkey, Majella
Baldassar, Loretta
- DOI
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10.20377/jfr-420
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022061016160813273660
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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25.03.2025, 13:42 MEZ
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Beteiligte
- Merla, Laura
- Kilkey, Majella
- Baldassar, Loretta
- SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
Entstanden
- 2020
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