The Institutional Factors Affecting the Growth of Korean Migrant Care Market and Sustainability in Long-Term Care Quality

Kwon, Hyun-Jung; Oh, Heaeun; Kong, Jung Won

doi:10.3390/su14063366

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“…Numerous agencies have set themselves up to market a variety of possible destinations for older people to retire to, providing information on a range of unique selling points from the cost of living to the availability of services, and from the languages spoken to the climatic conditions of the region (Åkerlund, 2012). Even as these agencies perform such international services, a similar set of sales pitches are being developed within countries to market less dramatic moves to 'retirement' communities (Miyazaki, 2019;Ciobanu and Ludwig-Dehm, 2020;Rapp and Sicsic, 2020;Sloane and Silbersack, 2020b;Fisher, 2021;Liang, 2021;Kwon et al, 2022;Murcia and Boccagni, 2022;Grabowski et al, 2023).…”

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Globalisation and the value of Ulrich Beck’s concept of ‘cosmopolitanisation’ in orienting a new sociology of later life

Gilleard,

Higgs

2024

Journal of Global Ageing

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German sociologist Ulrich Beck has described ‘cosmopolitanisation’ as the sociological face of globalisation and has advocated for a cosmopolitan sociology. The turn to the cosmopolitan he suggested involves an epistemic shift within the discipline. It demands a move away from a sociology dominated by methodological nationalism to one whose focus is not so much on the external, ‘out there’ processes of globalisation, but on the internalised global practices reflected within societies. This article employs such a cosmopolitan lens to explore the changing nature of old age/later life. We highlight a number of domains where Beck’s elaboration of cosmopolitanisation may be actualised in later life. These include: (a) the ‘assetisation’ of later life; (b) the transgenerational expansion of information and communications technology; (c) the experience of transnational ageing; (d) the development and promotion of transnational policies for a senior citizenry; and (e) the impact of global climate change. We conclude by noting how Beck’s desire to shift sociology from its traditional base in methodological nationalism to what he termed a more cosmopolitan sociology can apply equally to analysis of the changing character of later life. In seeking to apply and extend Beck’s concept of cosmopolitanisation to the sociological study of later life, we hope to enrich and enliven a new sociology of later life; our article aims to make such a start.

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