Gender, migration, and the work of care : a multi-scalar approach to the Pacific Rim / Sonya Michel, Ito Peng, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Michel, Sonya, 1942- editor.

Peng, Ito, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Pacific Area--Social conditions.

Women.

Women caregivers--Pacific Area.

Women caregivers.

Women immigrants--Pacific Area.

Women immigrants.

Women employees--Pacific Area.

Women employees.

Women--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Pacific Area.

Physical Description:

xiii, 316 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]

Summary:

"This book explores how around the world, women's increased presence in the labor force has reorganized the division of labor in households, affecting different regions depending on their cultures, economies, and politics; as well as the nature and size of their welfare states and the gendering of employment opportunities. As one result, the authors find, women are increasingly migrating from the global south to become care workers in the global north. This volume focuses on changing patterns of family and gender relations, migration, and care work in the countries surrounding the Pacific Rim-a global epicenter of transnational care migration. Using a multi-scalar approach that addresses micro, meso, and macro levels, chapters examine three domains: care provisioning, the supply of and demand for care work, and the shaping and framing of care. The analysis reveals that multiple forms of global inequalities are now playing out in the most intimate of spaces. "-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783319550855

3319550853

OCLC:

1003209698