Combining transnational and intersectional approaches to immigrants' social protection: The case of Andean families' access to health

Lafleur, Jean-Michel; Vivas Romero, María

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Combining transnational and intersectional approaches to immigrants' social protection: The case of Andean families' access to health

Lafleur, Jean-Michel; Vivas Romero, María

2018 • In Comparative Migration Studies, 6 (14)

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Migration; Social Protection; Intersectionality; Transnationalism; European Union; Latin America; Peru; Colombia; Belgium; Pension; Health; Welfare

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[en] Immigrants and family members in the home and host societies experience inequalities in access to social protection. Focusing on healthcare, we demonstrate that immigrant families today respond to healthcare needs of family members here and there through four cross-border strategies. We show that immigrants select and articulate these different strategies to assemble transnational health care arrangements. Using an intersectional approach, we argue that heterogeneity markers such as gender, race, class, and levels of transnational engagement determine the choice between different types of arrangements. We support our argument with ethnographic data collected with 48 members of 10 Andean transnational family members during fieldwork in Belgium, Colombia, and Peru.

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Political science, public administration & international relations
Anthropology
Sociology & social sciences

Author, co-author :

Lafleur, Jean-Michel ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences sociales > Centre d'études de l'ethnicité et des migrations (CEDEM)

Vivas Romero, María ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Doct. sc. polit. & social. (ISHS-Bologne)

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English

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Combining transnational and intersectional approaches to immigrants' social protection: The case of Andean families' access to health

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2018

Journal title :

Comparative Migration Studies

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2214-8590

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2214-594X

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Springer, Berlin, Germany

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H2020 - 680014 - MiTSoPro - Migration and Transnational Social Protection in (post-)crisis Europe

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CE - Commission Européenne [BE]

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