Between crisis, agency and return: the vulnerability of Bolivian migrants in Italy
This article addresses the interrelationships between the economic crisis, international migration and the labour market, and their impact on female migration agency, both in the decision to migrate and in the subsequent possibility of return to Bolivia. Based on information collected in a large sur...
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Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)
2014-09-01
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| description | This article addresses the interrelationships between the economic crisis, international migration and the labour market, and their impact on female migration agency, both in the decision to migrate and in the subsequent possibility of return to Bolivia. Based on information collected in a large survey conducted in the city of Cochabamba and the tracing of multiple female migration trajectories, the extreme vulnerability of these women, who are the heads of single-parent households, working in elderly care in Bergamo, is shown. Despite their deteriorating working conditions in the context of current Italian economic crisis and the competition of immigrant care workers from countries of Eastern Europe, they choose to remain in Italy instead of returning to Bolivia. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-88ab7750312b423ead1a8708d4a314a82022-12-21T18:59:50ZspaBarcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals1133-65952013-035X2014-09-01106/107129150Between crisis, agency and return: the vulnerability of Bolivian migrants in ItalyIsabel Yépez del Castillo0Mirko Marzadro1Directora, Centro de Estudios del Desarrollo y el Grupo de Investigaciones Interdisciplinarias sobre América Latina, Université catholique de Louvain (Bélgica)Investigador, Cátedra Unesco SSIIM (Social and Spatial Inclusion of International Migrants), Università IUAV di VeneziaThis article addresses the interrelationships between the economic crisis, international migration and the labour market, and their impact on female migration agency, both in the decision to migrate and in the subsequent possibility of return to Bolivia. Based on information collected in a large survey conducted in the city of Cochabamba and the tracing of multiple female migration trajectories, the extreme vulnerability of these women, who are the heads of single-parent households, working in elderly care in Bergamo, is shown. Despite their deteriorating working conditions in the context of current Italian economic crisis and the competition of immigrant care workers from countries of Eastern Europe, they choose to remain in Italy instead of returning to Bolivia.http://www.cidob.org/en/content/download/58921/1535693/version/2/file/129-150_ISABEL%20YEPEZ.pdfinternational migration and the labour marketand their impact on female migration agencyboth in the decision to migrate and in the subsequent possibility of return to Bolivia. Based on information collected in a large survey conducted in the city of Cochabamba and the tracing of multiple female migration trajectoriesthe extreme vulnerability of these womenwho are the heads of single-parent householdsworking in elderly care in Bergamois shown. Despite their deteriorating working conditions in the context of current Italian economic crisis and the competition of immigrant care workers from countries of Eastern EuropeBoliviamigrationItalysingle-parent householdscrisisreturngender |
| spellingShingle | Isabel Yépez del Castillo Mirko Marzadro Between crisis, agency and return: the vulnerability of Bolivian migrants in Italy Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals international migration and the labour market and their impact on female migration agency both in the decision to migrate and in the subsequent possibility of return to Bolivia. Based on information collected in a large survey conducted in the city of Cochabamba and the tracing of multiple female migration trajectories the extreme vulnerability of these women who are the heads of single-parent households working in elderly care in Bergamo is shown. Despite their deteriorating working conditions in the context of current Italian economic crisis and the competition of immigrant care workers from countries of Eastern Europe Bolivia migration Italy single-parent households crisis return gender |
| title | Between crisis, agency and return: the vulnerability of Bolivian migrants in Italy |
| title_full | Between crisis, agency and return: the vulnerability of Bolivian migrants in Italy |
| title_fullStr | Between crisis, agency and return: the vulnerability of Bolivian migrants in Italy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Between crisis, agency and return: the vulnerability of Bolivian migrants in Italy |
| title_short | Between crisis, agency and return: the vulnerability of Bolivian migrants in Italy |
| title_sort | between crisis agency and return the vulnerability of bolivian migrants in italy |
| topic | international migration and the labour market and their impact on female migration agency both in the decision to migrate and in the subsequent possibility of return to Bolivia. Based on information collected in a large survey conducted in the city of Cochabamba and the tracing of multiple female migration trajectories the extreme vulnerability of these women who are the heads of single-parent households working in elderly care in Bergamo is shown. Despite their deteriorating working conditions in the context of current Italian economic crisis and the competition of immigrant care workers from countries of Eastern Europe Bolivia migration Italy single-parent households crisis return gender |
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