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Migration and Care Labour : Theory, Policy and Politics / by B. Anderson, I. Shutes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Anderson, B., Author.
- Shutes, I., Author.
- Series:
- Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship, 2662-2610
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Emigration and immigration.
- Welfare state.
- Social policy.
- Sex.
- Office management.
- Sociology.
- Human Migration.
- Welfare.
- Social Policy.
- Gender Studies.
- Office Management.
- Local Subjects:
- Human Migration.
- Welfare.
- Social Policy.
- Gender Studies.
- Office Management.
- Sociology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (248 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2014.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The provision of care has been widely referred to as facing a 'crisis'. International migrants are increasingly relied upon to provide care - as domestic workers, nannies, care assistants and nurses. This international volume examines the global construction of migrant care labour and how it manifests itself in different contexts.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Theorizing Migrant Care Labour; 1 Making Connections Across the Transnational Political Economy of Care; 2 Nation Building: Domestic Labour and Immigration Controls in the UK; 3 Migrant Domestic Workers as 'One of the Family'; Part II: The Institutional Contexts of Migrant Care Labour; 4 Three Domains of Migrant Domestic Care Work: The Interplay of Care, Employment and Migration Policies in Austria; 5 A Right to Care? Immigration Controls and the Care Labour of Non-Citizens
- 6 Resisting Crisis at What Cost? Migrant Care Workers in Private Households7 Supermaids: The Racial Branding of Global Filipino Care Labour; 8 Transnational Households: Migrants and Care, at Home and Abroad; Part III: Governance and Political Mobilization across Care, Work and Migration; 9 Toward Flexibility with Security for Migrant Care Workers: A Comparative Analysis of Personal Home Care in Toronto and Los Angeles; 10 The Global Governance of Domestic Work; Conclusion; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137319708
- 1137319704
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