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This open access short reader offers a systematic overview of the scholarly debate on the experiences of migrant domestic workers at a global level, in the past as well as in present time. It tackles the nexus between migration and domestic work with a multi-layered approach. The book looks into the issue of (paid) domestic work in migratory contexts by investigating the feminization of migration, thereby considering the larger framework within which this specific phenomenon takes place. The author explains notions such as the “international division of reproductive labor” or “global care chains” which emphasize the inequality in the way care and domestic tasks are distributed today between middle-class women in receiving nations and migrant domestic workers. Moreover, the book shows how women migrating to work in the domestic work and private care sector are facing a complex landscape of migration and labor regulations that are extremely difficult to navigate. At the same time, this issue also addresses employers’ households who cannot find appropriate or affordable care among declining welfare states and national workers reluctant to take the job, whilst legal regulations make difficult to hire a domestic worker who is a third country national. As such this book offers an interesting read to academics, policy makers and all those working in the field.
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Keywords
- (Paid) Domestic work
- Asian-Pacific countries, Eastern Europe, South America
- Citizenship and legal rights
- Cleaners
- Domestic and care work
- Economics
- Economics, finance, business & management
- Feminization of migration
- Labour Economics
- Labour regulations
- Migrant domestic workers
- Migrant people
- Migration, immigration & emigration
- Migratory regime, gender regime, welfare regime
- Nexus between migration and domestic work
- Political Science & Theory
- Politics & government
- Private households
- Social issues & processes
- Society & culture: general
- Society & Social Sciences
- State policies
- thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFH Migration, immigration and emigration
- thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPA Political science and theory
- thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCF Labour / income economics
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-11466-3Editions