The market value of trans-cultural capital. A case study of the market of provision for Scandinavian retirement migrants in Spain.
The aim of this article is to analyse in depth the market of provision for Scandinavian retirement migrants in Spain answering the following research questions: a) what kind of goods and services are typically on offer in the market oriented to Scandinavian retirees?; b) what are the main characteri...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies Vol. 46; no. 19; pp. 4142 - 4160 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=147135643&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 147135643 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 1369183X 56F jtl: Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies issn: 1369183X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2020 vid: 46 iid: 19 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 147135643 10.1080/1369183X.2018.1506321 ppf: 4142 ppct: 18 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 1.2MB tig: atl: The market value of trans-cultural capital. A case study of the market of provision for Scandinavian retirement migrants in Spain. aug: au: Calzada, Inés Gavanas, Anna affil: Department of Sociology: Theory & Methods, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain Institute for Public Goods and Policies, Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain REMESO, University of Linköping, Norrköping, Sweden su: Markets Retirement Immigrants Value-added tax Employment sug: subj: Markets Retirement Immigrants Value-added tax Employment keyword: cultural capital International retirement migration market service provision trans-cultural capital ab: The aim of this article is to analyse in depth the market of provision for Scandinavian retirement migrants in Spain answering the following research questions: a) what kind of goods and services are typically on offer in the market oriented to Scandinavian retirees?; b) what are the main characteristics of the people who work in this market?; and c) how can we explain the varying levels of success that different providers have? To deal with the last research question we use a Bourdieusian framework to seek out connections between the type(s) of capital that each provider possesses (economic, social, cultural) as well as her/his living conditions. Our results indicate that 'trans-cultural capital' (Triandafyllidou, A. 2009. "Sub-Saharan African Immigrant Activists in Europe: Transcultural Capital and Transcultural Community Building." Ethnic and Racial Studies 32 (1): 93–116) a form of cultural capital defined as the ability to navigate between two cultures, is the key determinant that differentiates those who can economically benefit from retirement migration from those left behind. High levels of trans-cultural capital almost guarantee success in this market, but the absence of this form of capital among the vast majority of the local population explains the relatively small impact that retirement migration has on economic employment opportunities for locals. Our results are based on interviews with 80 Swedish retirement migrants, 120 workers and entrepreneurs who provide services for these migrants, and 20 experts in 24 villages on the Southern coast of mainland Spain as well as in the Canary Islands. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies holder: Taylor & Francis Ltd dt: @attributes: year: 2020 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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