Reducing the scale? From global images to border crossings in medical tourism

J Connell - Global Networks, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
International medical travel has increased in the last 20 years, becoming more diverse and
complex, although definitions and data on its growth and structure are inadequate. Many …

Life satisfaction and return migration: analysing the role of life satisfaction for migrant return intentions in Germany

M Schiele - Journal of ethnic and migration studies, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This study analyses the role of life satisfaction for the intention of migrants to return to their
country of origin. It is argued that the utility function of return migration is a function of life …

Thai wives in Europe and European husbands in Thailand: How social locations shape their migration experiences and engagement with host societies

M Kanchanachitra, P Chuenglertsiri - Thai-Western Mobilities and …, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
This study examines the migration experiences of women and men in Thai-European
transnational couples, focusing on how their respective identities and social locations affect …

Old age facilities for German-speaking people in Thailand–a new facet of international migration in old age

D Bender, T Hollstein, C Schweppe - Journal of Ethnic and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This article examines old age facilities in Thailand catering to people from German-speaking
countries. These institutionalised spaces of age (ing) in the 'Global South'represent a new …

'Men are butterflies, women are hindlimbs of an elephant': Thai women's gendered being in transnational spaces

A Fresnoza-Flot - Gender, Place & Culture, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The numerical dominance of women within the Thai population in Belgium raises the
question of how gender, as a category of difference and as a norm, influences Thai women's …

Masculinity, marriage and migration: Farang migrant men in Thailand

P Lapanun - Asian Journal of Social Science, 2018 - brill.com
This article reviews the literature on masculinity and marriages, focusing on Thai women-
farang (Caucasian) men marriages and how these relationships have been conceptualised …

[HTML][HTML] Fated for foreigners: Ecological realities shape perspectives of transnational marriage in northern Thailand

J McKenzie, KC **ong - International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 2021 - Elsevier
Around the world, intercultural contact prompted by modern globalization has reconstituted
private dimensions of people's lives. One such private dimension that has been significantly …

“Between Heaven and Hell”: Love, Sex and Intimacy—International Retirement Migration of Older Men to Thailand

D Bender, C Schweppe - Retirement Migration to the Global South: Global …, 2022 - Springer
Désirée Bender and Cornelia Schweppe examine the migration of older men from German-
speaking countries to Thailand, which is (partly) motivated by the search for expanded …

Ageing abroad. The case of Swiss nationals in Morocco and Spain

M Repetti, C Bolzman - Swiss Journal of Sociology, 2020 - sciendo.com
La migration tardive de ressortissant· e· s de pays riches vers des pays plus pauvres est de
plus en plus fréquente. Elle est portée par des motivations d'ordre culturel, social et …

Gender and 'care work'in Thai-western families settled in Northeast Thailand

P Lapanun, S Ratchompoo, T Labooth… - Journal of Mekong …, 2024 - so03.tci-thaijo.org
This article applies the notions of gender and care to analyze the relationships between
gender and care work allocation in Thai Western families living in Northeast Thailand. It is …