Transnational Families, Migration and the Circulation of Care

Transnational return? On the interrelation of family, remigration, and transnationality – An introduction

“…"At home" they can also receive help from kin members with the children and thus be able to spend time alone with accompanying partners. These examples, gathered from interviews and an analytical matrix, add substantial and significant new findings to the literature on transnational families that focuses primarily on care-giving for left-behind kin (Baldassar & Merla, 2013).…”

Fathering, Feminism(s), Gender, and Sexualities: Connections, Tensions, and New Pathways

“…Transnational families whose members live across national borders (Schmidt, ) are increasingly prevalent as a consequence of labor migration and processes of securitized globalization, under which globalization is seen not only in neoliberal economic terms but also in terms of national security agendas (Marchand & Runyan, ). Although more attention has been paid to transnational motherhood, responsibility for caregiving in transnational families can shift across genders and generations and be carried out at a distance (Baldassar & Merla, ), with the potential to both reify and transgress gender norms (Parreñas, ). With specific regard to fathering, Fresnoza‐Flot () explored how Filipino men are actively engaged in the local and transnational circulation of care, and Kilkey () examined how fathering norms are transformed in the context of father migration and transnational fathering.…”

Families, relationships and ‘environment’: (Un)sustainability, climate change and biodiversity loss

“…There are developed literatures on ideals of moral responsibility for and normative obligations to care within families (Finch and Mason 1993, Ganong 1999, Crow 2002, Ribbens McCarthy et al 2003, Risman 2015 relational rules of fairness (Risman and JohnsonSummerford 1998, Jensen et al 2013, Philip 2013, Van Hoof 2013, Gabb and Fink 2015, Sullivan 2015, the drawing of boundaries of intimacy and responsibility (Allan 2005, Jamieson 2005, Castrén and Widmer 2015, the reconfiguration or moral responsibility as couples dissolve and re-partner (Allan et al 2011, Lewis 2001, Smart et al 2001, Smart 2006, Wade and Smart 2002, Ribbens McCarthy et al 2003 and the future of moral responsibilities for elder care in a mobile and ageing world (Baldassar andMerla 2013, Parreñas 2014, particularly anxiously investigated in Asia, e.g. Ikels 2004, Hansen and Svarverud 2010, Quah 2008.…”