Migration and Care Labour : Theory, Policy and Politics

<p >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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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Anderson, Bridget
Other Persons:	Shutes, Isabel (contributor)
Publisher:	Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
Subject:	Arbeitsmigranten \| Migrant workers \| Theorie \| Theory \| Migrationspolitik \| Immigration policy \| Internationale Migration \| International migration
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de]

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (248 p)
Series:	Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship Ser.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record 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
ISBN:	978-1-137-31969-2 ; 978-1-137-31970-8 ; 978-1-137-31969-2
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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