Table Of Content“ This excellent and fascinating book breaks new intellectual ground developing
the concept of the ethnomorality of care to extend understanding of what Polish
families think about, intend to do about and actually do about the care of ageing
family members in the context of high rates of outward migration and low levels of
state provision for elder care. Based on an ambitious research design composed of
surveys, indepth interviews and ethnographic observations spanning Poland and
the UK, Radziwinowiczówna, Rosińska and Kloc-Nowak offer the reader a rich
body of data, which is presented in an eminently readable manner. Their insightful
analysis will have resonance beyond Poland, particularly in other Central and
Eastern European countries experiencing similar challenges related to rapid
population ageing, high rates of emigration and social and economic transition.”
– Majella Kilkey is Reader in Social Policy at
the University of Sheffield and editor of F amily Life
in An Age of Migration and Mobility :
Global Perspectives through the Life Course
“ This book is a highly original exploration of the complex negotiations of moral
and practical issues faced by transnational families with ageing relatives. Through
the skillful analysis of the multifaceted interrelations of beliefs, intended actions
and actual practices of care we get a better understanding of the moral, relational
and political challenges to local, national and transnational care arrangements.
Ethnomorality of Care provides a much needed cohesive perspective in times of
ageing migrating societies.”
– Bernhard Weicht is Assistant Professor of
Sociology at the University of Innsbruck and
the author of T he Meaning of Care
Ethnomorality of Care
What happens when the parents of migrants age and need care in mobile and
aging societies? E thnomorality of Care acts as a window in sharing how physical
distance challenges family-centered elderly care by juxtaposing transnational
families with nonmigrant families.
A novel approach that explores intentions and moral beliefs concerning elderly
care alongside practical care arrangements, E thnomorality of Care presents a
concept of care that recognizes how various factors shape the experience of care,
including national, regional and local contexts, economic inequalities, gender,
care and migration regimes. Based on the findings of a multi-sited research carried
out between 2014 and 2017 in Poland and the UK, this perceptive volume also
seeks to demonstrate how researchers and practitioners can use the ethnomorality
of care approach to examine nonmigrant families and other types of care.
Helping readers to better understand the lived experience of care receivers
and givers beyond kinship care, E thnomorality of Care will appeal to graduate
students, researchers, policy makers and care practitioners interested in fields such
as migration studies, transnational studies and social and cultural gerontology.
Agnieszka Radziwinowiczówna is a Research Fellow at the Centre of Migration
Research at the University of Warsaw, Poland a nd Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Fellow at the University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom.
Anna Rosińska (formerly published as Anna Kordasiewicz ) is a Research
Fellow at the Centre of Migration Research at the University of Warsaw, Poland
and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice .
Weronika Kloc-Nowak is a Research Fellow at the Centre of Migration Research
at the University of Warsaw, Poland .
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Ethnomorality of Care
Migrants and Their Aging Parents
Agnieszka Radziwinowiczówna,
Anna Rosińska and
Weronika Kloc-Nowak
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To those who have cared for us
Contents
List of figures x
List of boxes xi
List of photos xii
List of maps xiii
List of tables xiv
Acknowledgments xv
List of abbreviations xvii
1 Introduction 1
2 Ethnomorality of care: theoretical framework 7
3 How to study ethnomorality of care? Research methodology 23
4 Main actors of care and local care regimes in two studied
locations 41
5 Care as a part of moral beliefs on old age 63
6 Care intentions: envisaging elderly care 85
7 Typology of care arrangements 97
8 Adding a temporal dimension: care sequences and flows 147
9 Ethnomoralities of care: conclusions 176
References 183
Index 196
