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Quality of life issues and second‐generation migration: the case of ‘Bajan‐Brit returnees’
Author(s) -
Phillips Joan,
Potter Rob B.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
population, space and place
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.398
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1544-8452
pISSN - 1544-8444
DOI - 10.1002/psp.507
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , negotiation , quality of life (healthcare) , face (sociological concept) , quality (philosophy) , sociology , cohort , qualitative research , gerontology , medicine , geography , nursing , social science , philosophy , archaeology , epistemology
This paper forms part of research that is investigating the migration of young Bajan‐Brits to Barbados. Specifically, it explores the role of quality of life issues in the decision‐making processes of young Bajan‐Brits as they negotiate their ‘return’ to Barbados. The research, based on 51 in‐depth qualitative interviews conducted with an under‐researched cohort of young Bajan‐Brits living in Barbados, argues from a ‘lure of home’ conceptualisation that the return of young Bajan‐Brits to Barbados can best be understood from the context of a search for a better quality of life in the face of social and economic disenfranchisement in the UK context. Subsequently, the paper examines the extent to which the quality of life factors which formed the basis of return to Barbados have in fact been realised on the part of young Bajan‐Brits in their adjustment to life in Barbados. The paper ultimately argues that despite problems of adjustment, young Bajan‐Brits have generally been successful in actualising a better quality of life in Barbados. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.