Migration and Care Labour: Theory, Policy and Politics

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.

Author: B. Anderson,I. Shutes
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 03/20/2014
Pages: 235
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 8.85h x 5.48w x 0.83d
ISBN: 9781137319692

About the Author
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