Migration and Care Labour
Theory, Policy and Politics
Published on 1. January 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
XII, 235 pages
978-1-349-45744-1 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Series
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
XII, 235 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
317 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-45744-1 (9781349457441)
DOI
10.1057/9781137319708
Schweitzer Classification
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03/2014
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Persons
Maybritt Jill Alpes, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Gudrun Bauer, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
Cynthia Cranford, University of Toronto, Canada
Anna Romina Guevarra, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Bettina Haidinger ,Working Life Research Centre (FORBA), Austria
Zyab Ibañez, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Margarita León, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Guy Mundlak, Tel Aviv University, Israel
August Österle, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
Rhacel Salazar Parreñas, University of Southern California, USA
Hila Shamir,Tel Aviv University, Israel
Sarah van Walsum, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Fiona Williams, University of Leeds, UK
Content
Introduction; Isabel Shutes and Bridget Anderson PART I: THEORISING MIGRANT CARE LABOUR 1. Making Connections across the Transnational Political Economy of Care; Fiona Williams 2. Nation Building: Domestic Labour and Immigration Controls in the UK; Bridget Anderson 3. The Construction of Migrant Domestic Workers as ''One of the Family''; Rhacel Salazar Parreñas 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; Gudrun Bauer, Bettina Haidinger and August Österle 5. A Right to Care? Immigration Controls and the Care Labour of Non-Citizens; Isabel Shutes 6. Resisting the Crisis at What Cost? Migrant Care Workers in Private Households; Zyab Ibáñez and Margarita León 7. Supermaids: The Racial Branding of Global Filipino Care Labour; Anna Romina Guevarra 8. Transnational Households: Migrants and Care, at Home and Abroad; Sarah van Walsum and Maybritt Jill Alpes PART III: GOVERNANCE AND POLITICAL MOBILISATION ACROSS CARE, WORK AND MIGRATION 9. Towards Flexibility with Security for Migrant Care Workers: A Comparative Analysis of Personal Home Care in Toronto and Los Angeles; Cynthia Cranford 10. The Global Governance of Domestic Work; Guy Mundlak and Hila Shamir Conclusion; Bridget Anderson and Isabel Shutes