Migration in Comparative Perspective Caribbean Communities in Britain and France Routledge Research in Population and Migration Series
Auteurs : Byron Margaret, Condon Stéphanie
This book presents a comparative perspective on post-war Caribbean migration to Britain and France. Both migrations were responses to the link between former colonies and colonial powers. However, the movements of labor occurred within separately and differently evolving political contexts, affecting the migration outcomes. Today, Caribbean communities in Europe display complex features of continuity and change. Condon and Byron examine trends in migration patterns, household and family structures, social fields, employment and housing trajectories in detail. This systematic comparison with its innovative focus on gender and life-course, is an excellent addition to the existing literature on the Caribbean diaspora.
1. Introductory Chapter 2. Contextualising Migrant Flows: Socio-Economic, Political and Legal Backgrounds of Two Colonial Migrations 3. Working Lives Across Generations 4. Housing and Residential Strategies 5. Caribbean Families as Anchors and Adaptors 6. Transatlantic Lives, Transatlantic Social Fields: Circulation and Return to the Caribbean. Concluding Thoughts
Stéphanie Condon is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Demographic Studies, Paris, France.
Margaret Byron is Lecturer in Geography at Kings College London, UK.
Date de parution : 02-2012
Ouvrage de 304 p.
15.2x22.9 cm
Date de parution : 01-2008
Ouvrage de 224 p.
15.2x22.9 cm
Mots-clés :
Caribbean Migrants; caribbean; Metropolitan France; migrants; French Caribbean; french; Young Men; metropolitan; Fi Ve; france; Caribbean Population; people; Caribbean Households; community; Caribbean Women; population; Pe Rc; territories; Caribbean Men; nanciers; Psi Survey; Caribbean Family; Private Rental Sector; Public Administration; French Caribbean Colonies; British Nationality Act; Caribbean Colonies; OPCS Census; Return Migration; European Volunteer Workers; Caribbean Migrant Women; Small Fl Ats; Lone Parent Households; Caribbean Communities; Total Active Population