Migration and Care Labour [electronic resource] : Theory, Policy and Politics /
Anderson, B.author.
Shutes, I.author.
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.
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
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
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.
Emigration and immigration.
Welfare state.
Social policy.
Sociology.
Office management.
Migration.
Politics of the Welfare State.
Social Policy.
Gender Studies.
Office Management.
Sociology, general.