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 changi...
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1. Global Epicenters of Care Migration.- 2. Intersections of Migrant Care Work: An Overview.- 3. Immigrant Women and Home-based Elder Care in O...
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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 a...