International Migration, Development and Human Wellbeing

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Introduction

   • Katie Wright

   Pages 1-7

3. Migrating for a Better Life?

   • Katie Wright

   Pages 8-32

4. Contextualising Human Wellbeing in London and Madrid

   • Katie Wright

   Pages 33-49

5. International Migration and Human Wellbeing in London and Madrid

   • Katie Wright

   Pages 50-84

6. How Do Constructions of Human Wellbeing Travel between London, Madrid and Peru?

   • Katie Wright

   Pages 85-124

7. Conclusions and Implications for Theory and Policy

   • Katie Wright

   Pages 125-135

8. Back Matter

   Pages 136-155

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Katie Wright explores how human wellbeing is constructed and how it 'travels' across spatial boundaries. She draws on empirical research, undertaken with Peruvian migrants based in London and Madrid and their Peru-based relatives and close friends to explore how human wellbeing is constructed and how it 'travels' transnationally.

• development
• empirical research
• migrants
• migration
• Policy
• research

'This innovative book by Katie Wright provides a much needed new perspective on the interrelations between international migration, development and wellbeing. It manages to skillfully combine fascinating empirical insights from the lives of migrants with a new conceptual approach to international migration that focuses on human wellbeing. This book will appeal to a very wide audience of migration and development scholars and serves as a major contribution to contemporary understandings of the experiences of international migrants.' - Professor Cathy McIlwaine, Queen Mary, University of London, UK.

'This rich comparative and multi-sited investigation of international migration goes beyond the narrow focus of traditional economic perspectives, providing a holistic and perceptive approach that foregrounds migrants' understandings of and quest for wellbeing and happiness.' - Professor Manuel A. Vásquez, University of Florida, USA.

• University of East London, UK

  Katie Wright

KATIE WRIGHT is Senior Lecturer in International Development at the University of East London, UK. Her research focuses on gender, human wellbeing, international migration, microfinance, sustainable livelihoods and Latin America.

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