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Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship Series Series Editors: Robin Cohen, Former Director of the International Migration Institute and Professor of Development Studies, University of Oxford, UK and Zig Layton-Henry, Professor of Politics, University of Warwick, UK Editorial Board: Rainer Baubock, European University Institute, Italy; James F. Hollifield, Southern Methodist University, USA; Jan Rath, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands The Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship series covers three important aspects of the migration progress. Firstly, the determinants, dynamics and characteristics of international migration. Secondly, the continuing attachment of many contem- porary migrants to their places of origin, signified by the word ‘diaspora’, and thirdly the attempt, by contrast, to belong and gain acceptance in places of settle- ment, signified by the word ‘citizenship’. 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Customer Services Department, Macmillan Distribution Ltd, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS, England Understanding Lifestyle Migration Theoretical Approaches to Migration and the Quest for a Better Way of Life Edited by Michaela Benson Goldsmiths, University of London, UK and Nick Osbaldiston Federation University, Australia Selection and editorial matter © Michaela Benson and Nick Osbaldiston 2014 Individual chapters © Respective authors 2014 (cid:2)(cid:3)(cid:4)(cid:5)(cid:6)(cid:3)(cid:7)(cid:8)(cid:9)(cid:10)(cid:9)(cid:8)(cid:11)(cid:9)(cid:12)(cid:13)(cid:5)(cid:10)(cid:3)(cid:4)(cid:10)(cid:5)(cid:14)(cid:8)(cid:10)(cid:14)(cid:15)(cid:9)(cid:16)(cid:6)(cid:3)(cid:7)(cid:8)(cid:9)(cid:10)(cid:17)(cid:18)(cid:5)(cid:10)(cid:8)(cid:16)(cid:12)(cid:5)(cid:12)(cid:3)(cid:13)(cid:10)(cid:19)(cid:20)(cid:17)(cid:21)(cid:10)(cid:22)(cid:23)(cid:24)(cid:25)(cid:17)(cid:25)(cid:17)(cid:26)(cid:23)(cid:25)(cid:26)(cid:19)(cid:24)(cid:27)(cid:27)(cid:25)(cid:26) All rights reserved. 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Contents List of Figures v ii Acknowledgements viii Notes on Contributors x 1 New Horizons in Lifestyle Migration Research: Theorising Movement, Settlement and the Search for a Better Way of Life 1 Michaela Benson and Nick Osbaldiston Part I Constraints and Opportunities 2 Lifestyle of Freedom? Individualism and Lifestyle Migration 27 Mari Korpela 3 Negotiating Privilege in and through Lifestyle Migration 4 7 Michaela Benson Part II Revisiting Assumptions 4 Theorising the ‘Fifth Migration’ in the United States: Understanding Lifestyle Migration from an Integrated Approach 71 Brian A. Hoey 5 Jumping Up from the Armchair: Beyond the Idyll in Counterurbanisation 92 Keith Halfacree Part III Spaces of Imagination 6 Migrating Imaginaries of a Better Life ... Until Paradise Finds You 119 Noel B. Salazar 7 Britons in Berlin: Imagined Cityscapes, Affective Encounters and the Cultivation of the Self 1 39 David Griffiths and Stella Maile v vi Contents Part IV Stillness and Sedentariness 8 B eyond Ahistoricity and Mobilities in Lifestyle Migration Research 1 63 N ick Osbaldiston 9 N o Man Can Be an Island: Lifestyle Migration, Stillness, and the New Quietism 1 88 P hillip Vannini and Jonathan Taggart Part V Looking Onwards and Outwards 10 The Role of the Social Imaginary in Lifestyle Migration: Employing the Ontology of Practice Theory 211 K aren O’Reilly Index 235 List of Figures 3.1 Map of administrative divisions in France, with the Lot marked up 5 4 3.2 Map of Panama, indicating the location of the field site, Boquete 55 9.1 A rather un-crowded beach, near our cabin 189 9.2 Judy and two of her friendly goats 190 9.3 ‘Walter’, as we have decided to call him 1 93 9.4 Jim shows us how he monitors his water use 2 04 vii Acknowledgements The shape of the volume is very much the product of the dialogue between Nick and me. His acute understanding of social theory and how this can be put to work in understanding lifestyle migration inspired the original idea for the volume and continues to inspire my own under- standings and interpretations of this social phenomenon. I thank him wholeheartedly for being such a great co-editor and author, in what has been a truly collaborative project. Throughout this process, the contributors have been excited and enthusiastic about the project, sentiments that clearly come across in the pages of the project. While I am grateful to all of our contributors for bringing this energy to the table, I am particularly thankful to Karen O’Reilly, who has not only written a thoughtful and engaging conclu- sion to the volume, but has provided insightful and constructive advice to Nick and me on our own contributions and the co-authored intro- duction. In the construction of my own chapter, and in particular the development of the theoretical framing, I wish to thank Dave Beer for lending a listening ear, and Laurie Hanquinet for her careful and critical reading of my Bourdieusian interpretations. I also thank my partner, Dimitrios Theodossopoulos for being an initial sounding board for my ideas. From the outset, Phillipa Grand at Palgrave MacMillan has been supportive and encouraging of the project. I would also like to thank the editors of the series, Robin Cohen and Zig Layton-Henry, for including our volume in their excellent series. Michaela Benson, Goldsmiths College I first wish to express my gratitude to my co-editor Michaela for initially suggesting the idea for this book and then for shaping it with her experience and detailed understanding of not just Lifestyle Migration as a phenomenon but also the literature surrounding it. It has been a pleasure to work with her and hopefully this experience will lead to other opportunities. I would also like to thank our contributors who have been excellent and professional in the delivery of their mate- rial, especially Karen O’Reilly who has provided advice and guidance viii Acknowledgements ix in the development of the book. It would be remiss of me also not to acknowledge Palgrave Macmillan for their willingness to take on board this project, especially Naomi Robinson and Philippa Grand. I would also like to extend a personal thank you to people who have assisted me personally as this book has come to fruition including Peta Cook, Fabian Cannizzo, Felicity Picken and David Inglis for taking time out of his schedule to explore his ideas with me. Lastly to my family, Bianca, Scarlett, Ollie and Henri, I’m once again indebted to your patience and encouragement during the editing of the book. Nick Osbaldiston, Federation University
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