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Migration and domestic work : IMISCOE short reader / Sabrina Marchetti.

9783031114663 (ebook)
3031114663 (ebook)
9783031114656 (paperback)

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2022.

English

1 online resource (xiii, 87 pages) : illustrations.

10.1007/978-3-031-11466-3 doi

HD8039.D5

331.5/44

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.

Includes bibliographical references.

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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 30, 2022).

IMISCOE research series, 2364-4095

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