‘Daddy Lives at the Airport’: The Consequences of Economically Driven Separation on Family Life in the Post-Industrial Mining Communities of Cape Breton

摘要

This paper explores the effects of migratory work on family life. Focusing on migrant workers from the post-industrial mining communities of Cape Breton Island, it identifies the stressors of separation on different types of family structures, and offers a discussion on a range of possible remedial strategies.