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Gender, Migration, and the Work of Care
. Ed(S): Michel, Sonya; Peng, Ito
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Description for Gender, Migration, and the Work of Care
Hardback. Editor(s): Michel, Sonya; Peng, Ito. Num Pages: 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
This book explores how around the world, women’s increased presence in the labor force has reorganized the division of labor in households, affecting different regions depending on their cultures, economies, and politics; as well as the nature and size of their welfare states and the gendering of employment opportunities. As one result, the authors find, women are increasingly migrating from the global south to become care workers in the global north. This volume focuses on changing patterns of family and gender relations, migration, and care work in the countries surrounding the Pacific Rim—a global epicenter of transnational care migration. Using ... Read more
This book explores how around the world, women’s increased presence in the labor force has reorganized the division of labor in households, affecting different regions depending on their cultures, economies, and politics; as well as the nature and size of their welfare states and the gendering of employment opportunities. As one result, the authors find, women are increasingly migrating from the global south to become care workers in the global north. This volume focuses on changing patterns of family and gender relations, migration, and care work in the countries surrounding the Pacific Rim—a global epicenter of transnational care migration. Using ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Condition
New
Number of Pages
316
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319550855
SKU
V9783319550855
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Ref
99-15
About . Ed(S): Michel, Sonya; Peng, Ito
Sonya Michel is Professor Emerita of History, American Studies and Women’s Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park, USA. Ito Peng is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Social Policy in the Department of Sociology, University of Toronto, Canada.
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