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Ageing migrant labour : futures of domestic workers in Asia / Megha Amrith
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Amrith, Megha, author.
- Series:
- Cambridge elements. Elements in global development studies
- Cambridge elements. Elements in global development studies, 2634-0313
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Foreign workers--China--Hong Kong--Social conditions.
- Foreign workers.
- Foreign workers--Singapore--Social conditions.
- Household employees--China--Hong Kong--Social conditions.
- Household employees.
- Household employees--Singapore--Social conditions.
- Older immigrants--China--Hong Kong--Social conditions.
- Older immigrants.
- Older immigrants--Singapore--Social conditions.
- Foreign workers--Social conditions.
- Household employees--Social conditions.
- China.
- China--Hong Kong.
- Singapore.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Other Title:
- Ageing migrant labor
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026
- Summary:
- "Who cares for the ageing bodies of those who have long laboured for the wellbeing of others? This Element focusses on ageing migrant domestic workers who have spent decades abroad in Singapore and Hong Kong on precarious temporary contracts, and how they imagine and prepare for their ageing futures. As temporary migration regimes deny domestic workers long-term residence, citizenship, and family reunification rights, domestic workers are required to return to their countries of origin when they reach retirement age. These two impending dislocations – retirement and return migration – generate a range of financial and emotional insecurities among migrant women who have to confront questions around care, home, and livelihoods at this critical juncture in their lives. This juncture further generates new aspirations among domestic workers who seek to make their mid-to-later life years meaningful"-- Cambridge Core
- Contents:
- Ageing migrant labour : past and present
- Kinship, home, and belonging
- Financial and retirement plans
- Return migration in later life
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed June 16, 2026)
- Other Format:
- Print version: Amrith, Megha Ageing migrant labour
- ISBN:
- 9781009576055
- 1009576054
- OCLC:
- 1594240222
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000389653
- Access Restriction:
- Some versions Open access versions available from some providers open access
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