Quality of life issues and second-generation migration: the case of 'Bajan-Brit returnees'

Phillips, J. and Potter, R.B. 2009. Quality of life issues and second-generation migration: the case of 'Bajan-Brit returnees'. Journal of Population, Space and Place. 15 (3), pp. 239-251. https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.507

TitleQuality of life issues and second-generation migration: the case of 'Bajan-Brit returnees'
AuthorsPhillips, J. and Potter, R.B.
Abstract

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.

JournalJournal of Population, Space and Place
Journal citation15 (3), pp. 239-251
ISSN1544-8444
YearMay 2009
PublisherWiley
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.507
Publication dates
PublishedMay 2009

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