Retirement migration to the Global South : global inequalities and entanglements / / Cornelia Schweppe, editor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910743211603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Singapore : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2022]; ©2022
• ISBN: 981-16-6999-6; 981-16-6998-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (251 pages)
• Disciplina: 304.8
• Soggetti: Emigration and immigration - Social aspects; Retirees; Developing countries Emigration and immigration
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Retirement Migration to the Global South-Global Inequalities and Entanglements -- Reasons to Migrate in Old Age to Countries in the Global South: Global Entanglements -- The International Retirement Industry: Tapping into Global Inequalities -- The Life Situation of Retirement Migrants: The Ambivalence of Privilege and Precarity -- Relations with the Local Population: Reproducing Global Inequalities on a Micro Level -- Impacts of International Retirement Migration on the Destinations -- Outline of the Book -- A Final Note -- References -- Part I: Migrating to the Global South: Making Sense of Change, Differences and Social Inequalities -- Chapter 2: In Search of a Place Like Me: Making Sense of Character, Boundaries and Later-Life Mobility Pathways in Southeast Asia -- Introduction -- Colonialism and Boundaries -- Lifestyle Destinations and 'Differing' Boundary Rules -- Difference and Boundary Commonalities Within Lifestyle Destinations -- Making Sense of Change in Self and Place -- Final Remarks -- References -- Chapter 3: Coloniality and Retirement Migration to the Global South -- Coloniality and Lifestyle Migration -- Lifestyle Migration as Cultural ; Exchange -- The Economic Meanings of Difference -- Economic Inequality and Cultural Authenticity -- Conclusion: Structures of Meaning in Global Inequality -- References -- Chapter 4: A "Mexican Home": Defining Belonging Through Taste Among Retired Migrants in Chapala, Mexico -- Defining Belonging in International Retirement Migration (IRM) -- Social Dynamics in the Foreign Retirement Community of Chapala -- Fitting in: The "Mexican Home" as Signifying Belonging in the Foreign Community -- Three Models of a "Mexican Home" -- Conclusion -- References.; Part II: Retirement Migrants and Their Relationships with the Local Population: Dominations and Ambiguities -- Chapter 5: Social Relationships of Retirement Migrants in Kenya with the Local Population: On Devaluation Practices, Re-education Efforts and Disappointments -- Introduction -- Kenya's South Coast -- Methodological Approach -- The Case of Georg -- The Case of Louise -- Case Comparison -- Discussion -- References -- Chapter 6: "Between Heaven and Hell": Love, Sex and Intimacy-International Retirement Migration of Older Men to Thailand -- Introduction -- Theoretical Framework -- The Methodological Approach -- Empirical Results -- Motives for Male Retirement Migration to Thailand -- Older Male Retirement Migrants and Their Experiences in the Bar Districts -- Intimate Relationships: Enchantment -- The Bar Districts: A Space of Experiencing Intimate Relationships -- The Shift in Position and Its Risks -- Unidirectional Monetary Transfers Within the Relationships -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7: Transnational Social Relationships of International Retirement Migrants in Morocco: A Typology -- Introduction -- Theoretical Framework -- Methodology -- Results -- Affluent Retirement -- New Affective Relationship -- Facing a Turning Point Before Migration -- New Job or Economic Opportunity -- Conclusion -- References -- Part III: Intertwinements of International Retirement Migrations: The State, Markets and Aging Populations -- Chapter 8: International Living (and Dying). U.S. Retirement Migration to Mexico -- Americans in Mexico: Living the Dream -- From Relative Privilege to Relative Precarity -- Marketing Mexicanidad -- International Living Magazine -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9: Falling Through the Net of Social Protection: The Precarity of Retirement Migrants in Thailand -- Introduction -- Theoretical Framework.; The Methodological Approach -- Biographical Backgrounds and Motives for Migration to Thailand in Old Age -- The Case of Peter Allenbach3 -- The State -- The Market -- Social Ties -- The Family -- Friends and Acquaintances -- Third Sector -- Help for Germans in Thailand: A Charitable Organization -- Discussion -- References -- Chapter 10: Care as a Right and Care as Commodity: Positioning International Retirement Migration in Thailand's Old Age Care Regime -- Introduction -- Theoretical Framework: The Political Economy of Care in a Global Context -- Methodology -- Care as Rights: Old Age Care for Thai Citizens -- Care as Commodity: Global Aging as an Opportunity for the Thai Economy -- Socio-economic Impacts of IRM on Thailand -- Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 11: Looking Back to Go Forward: A Comparative Engagement with International Retirement Migration in the Global South -- Introduction -- Positionality: IRM Scholarship and Comparative Learning -- Inequalities: Economic Dependence -- Cultural and Psychosocial Ramifications: What South Are We Talking About? -- Moving On: 'Degrowth' and Intercultural Encounter in IRM -- Conclusion -- References.