TY - JOUR
T1 - Competing obligations and the maintenance of physical co-presence
T2 - The impact of migration and structural constraints on postaccession Polish families in the UK
AU - McGhee, Derek
AU - Heath, Sue
AU - Trevena, Paulina
N1 - © 2013 Policy Press.
PY - 2013/7/1
Y1 - 2013/7/1
N2 - The focus of this article is on individual case studies selected for the purpose of illuminating the experiences of post-accession Polish migrant 'family lives' in the United Kingdom (UK). These case studies demonstrate what Morgan (1996) calls the movement of individuals through households and family relationships, simultaneous with the examination of the enlargement of the spaces in which family lives are conducted as a consequence of movement across the 'open borders' between the UK and Poland (Ryan, 2010). The focus is on how the interviewees' articulated what they presented to us as the impact of particular structural constraints (in terms of education, pensions, childcare and employment) on their future plans to settle in the UK or return to Poland. However, the main focus of the article is the relationship between these structural constraints and the tensions associated with fulfilling competing familial obligations in the UK and in Poland.
AB - The focus of this article is on individual case studies selected for the purpose of illuminating the experiences of post-accession Polish migrant 'family lives' in the United Kingdom (UK). These case studies demonstrate what Morgan (1996) calls the movement of individuals through households and family relationships, simultaneous with the examination of the enlargement of the spaces in which family lives are conducted as a consequence of movement across the 'open borders' between the UK and Poland (Ryan, 2010). The focus is on how the interviewees' articulated what they presented to us as the impact of particular structural constraints (in terms of education, pensions, childcare and employment) on their future plans to settle in the UK or return to Poland. However, the main focus of the article is the relationship between these structural constraints and the tensions associated with fulfilling competing familial obligations in the UK and in Poland.
KW - Competing obligations
KW - Poland
KW - Post accession
KW - Structural constraints
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U2 - 10.1332/204674313X664914
DO - 10.1332/204674313X664914
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84927551122
SN - 2046-7435
VL - 2
SP - 229
EP - 245
JO - Families, Relationships and Societies
JF - Families, Relationships and Societies
IS - 2
ER -