Negotiating Social Protection and Care: A Study of First-Generation Older Turkish Community in London
Melisa Yazdanpanahi
Abstract:Access to social protection in old age is crucial and yet contingent upon negotiations between the social structures of the welfare states and the personal networks within which individuals are embedded. International migration, changing family dynamics, and the transformation of care and other welfare policies in the global North make it challenging for older migrants to negotiate social protection. Drawing on 45 semi-structured interviews with first-generation older Turkish migrants in London and 13 semi-str… Show more
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