Gender, Family, and Adaptation of Migrants in Europe: A Life Course Perspective

1: Introduction: Uncertain Biographies? A Focus on Migrants' Life Courses Ionela Vlase and Bogdan Voicu

Part I: Life Strategies and Life-Choices Depending on Social Context
2: Fringed Life-Satisfaction? A Life-Course Perspective on the Impact of International Migration on Subjective Well-Being Bogdan Voicu

3: 'Walking Alongside' Polish Migrants in Ireland - Individual Life Courses in the Context of Political, Social and Economic Change Justyna Salamonska

4: And We Are Still Here': Life Courses and Life Conditions of Italian, Spanish and Portuguese Retirees in Switzerland Claudio Bolzman and Giacomo Vagni

Part II: Work and Labor Market

5: Gendered Migratory Pathways: Exploring the Work Trajectories of Long-Term Romanian Migrants Alin Croitoru

6: Fragmented Careers, Gender, and Migration during the Great Recession Francesca Alice Vianello

Part III: Gender and Family

7: Immigration, Transition to Parenthood and Parenting Anca Bejenaru

8: Women's Stories of Migration: Youth, Personal Agency, and Linked Lives Ana Maria Preoteasa

9: Men's Migration, Adulthood, and the Performance of Masculinities
Ionela Vlase

10: Conclusion: Setting Up an Agenda for Life Course Perspective in International Migration Bogdan Voicu and Ionela Vlase