Discordant Lifestyle Mobilities in East Asia: Privilege and Precarity of British Retirement in Thailand
Discordant Lifestyle Mobilities in East Asia: Privilege and Precarity of British Retirement in Thailand
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10.1002/psp.2011
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发表时间：
2017-07-01
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2.4
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Botterill, Kate
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作者：
Botterill, Kate
本文探讨了在泰国的英国退休人员的生活方式的流动性，借鉴2012年进行的实证研究。泰国是大量英国退休人员的东道国，他们的动机是在亚洲寻找更好的生活方式。这种出于生活方式原因而不是经济收益或工作的流动性的追求意味着涉及一系列选择和机会的相对特权。对许多人来说，在泰国实现的生活方式被视为调解老龄化的负面影响和提高福祉。然而，泰国生活方式流动性的物质挑战，如冻结养老金，医疗费用和财产不安全，动摇了最初的乐观情绪，并导致与国家政策和实践有关的陷入困境和不动感。本文认为，生活方式的流动性作为一种手段的理解和分析的特权和不稳定性在半殖民地或后殖民地的位置的差异经验的关系框架。版权所有（c）2016约翰威利父子有限公司
This paper explores the lifestyle mobilities of British retirees in Thailand, drawing on empirical research conducted in 2012. Thailand is a host to a significant number of British retirees motivated by a search for a better lifestyle in Asia. This pursuit of mobility for lifestyle reasons, rather than economic gain or work, implies a relative privilege involving a range of choices and opportunities. For many, the lifestyle achieved in Thailand is perceived as mediating negative effects of ageing and enhancing well-being. However, the material challenges of lifestyle mobility in Thailand, such as frozen pensions, healthcare costs and property insecurity, destabilise an initial optimism and lead to feelings of entrapment and immobility in relation to state policy and practice. The paper argues for a relational framing of lifestyle mobility as a means of understanding and analysing the differential experience of privilege and precarity in semi-colonial or post-colonial locations. Copyright (c) 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.