05.05.2022 , in ((Transnational Ageing))
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Irene Blanc
The “Global South” is becoming an increasingly common destination for older people ageing abroad. Older men traveling alone to spend several months a year in countries like Thailand or Brazil tend to be subject to ambiguous social judgment, that is, they are often associated with condemned sexual practices in imaginaries,
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03.05.2022 , in ((Transnational Ageing))
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Eva Fernandez and Eric Crettaz
The ageing resident population in Europe seems increasingly involved in civic, social and economic activities, but little is known about the transnational dimension of this population’s practices. Data from a survey on transnational ageing in Switzerland shows that regardless of their migration background, the majority of the participants engage in
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21.04.2022 , in ((Transnational Ageing))
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Liliana Azevedo and Livia Tomás
La mobilité résidentielle des retraité·e·s n’est pas un phénomène nouveau. Libérées des contraintes liées à l’emploi, il n’est pas rare que les personnes de plus de 60 ans choisissent de s’établir ailleurs, dans leur pays de résidence ou à l’étranger, de façon permanente ou périodique. Une pluralité de facteurs intervient
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01.02.2022 , in ((COVID-19 + Mobility, Politics))
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Marie-Eve Bélanger and Sandra Lavenex
Face à la pandémie de COVID-19, les gouvernements du monde entier ont réagi en imposant des restrictions incisives de la mobilité des personnes. Dans des sociétés libérales profondément interdépendantes, ces restrictions de mobilité ont un coût social et économique important. L’incapacité à justifier et à légitimer ces restrictions incisives des libertés
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09.12.2021 , in ((Family + Mobility))
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Livia Tomás and Liliana Azevedo
Retirement is a key moment in the life course, and for many people, it is a time to think about relocation. Two ongoing qualitative research projects study the (im)mobility patterns of retirees, who moved to Portugal and Spain at the end of their working lives in Switzerland. In this post,
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