Diverse Transnational Care

“Based on detailed field research in Bolivia, this brilliant book exposes the tensions and inequalities in older people’s transnational care and health outcomes.” Russell King, University of Sussex “This valuable book deftly explores the complex webs tying Bolivian migrants to their families despite lengthy separations and hostile border regimes. The volume combines solid statistical data, innovative research design, and moving ethnographic materials to investigate the intersection of aging, care work and migration.” Michele Ruth Gamburd, Portland State University “Diverse Transnational Care brings welcome attention to socio-economic differences in transnational care as well as ageing in the Global South. It is alert to the complexities of older adults’ experiences of their children’s migration and provides a model of reflection on the methodological challenges and insights that arose in studying transnational care in Bolivia.” Cati Coe, Carleton University “An important and necessary book that corrects a number of biases in the literature that inform public discourse and policy development. In particular, it helps to correct the view that all older stayers are abandoned by their younger migrant family members, demonstrating instead the role of older people in migration processes. It importantly situates intergenerational relations in the context of socioeconomic difference and the comparative dynamics of home and destination countries’ economies.” Penny Vera-Sanso, Birkbeck, University of London “This book provides a rich and innovative perspective on the living conditions and family relationships of older adults in Bolivia whose children have migrated abroad.” Marion Repetti, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland