International Migration, Development and Human Wellbeing [electronic resource] /
Wright, Katie.author.
Katie Wright explores how human wellbeing is constructed and how it 'travels' across spatial boundaries. She draws on empirical research, undertaken with Peruvian migrants based in London and Madrid and their Peru-based relatives and close friends to explore how human wellbeing is constructed and how it 'travels' transnationally.
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Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Foreword by Katie Willis; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Migrating for a Better Life?; 3 Contextualising Human Wellbeing in London and Madrid; 4 International Migration and Human Wellbeing in London and Madrid; 5 How Do Constructions of Human Wellbeing Travel between London, Madrid and Peru?; 6 Conclusions and Implications for Theory and Policy; Notes; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Katie Wright explores how human wellbeing is constructed and how it 'travels' across spatial boundaries. She draws on empirical research, undertaken with Peruvian migrants based in London and Madrid and their Peru-based relatives and close friends to explore how human wellbeing is constructed and how it 'travels' transnationally.
Emigration and immigration.
Social medicine.
Economic development.
Social justice.
Human rights.
Political science.
Political sociology.
Migration.
Medical Sociology.
Development Studies.
Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights.
Political Science.
Political Sociology.