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The missing group? Situating transnational contacts in defamilisation research

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: Defamilisation research is increasingly seen as an important component of studies of welfare and social work. It is concerned with people’s vulnerability to defamilisation risks, which are caused by insufficient opportunities for people to choose whether and how they participate in the family. Despite an increasing emphasis on defamilisation research, there has been insufficient attention given to how studies of transnational contacts contribute to defamilisation research. This article argues for the need to expand the scope of defamilisation research to incorporate the concept of ‘transnational contact-led strategies’ using evidence from focus groups with Chinese older people in the United Kingdom.

Source: International Social Work

DOI: 10.1177/0020872820940025

Authors: Sam Wai Kam Yu, Liam Foster, Ruby Chui Man Chau

Institutions: Hong Kong Baptist University, University of Sheffield, University of Nottingham

Language: English

Topic: Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

Funders: European Commission, Hong Kong Baptist University