Helma Lutz is a sociologist and Professor Emerita of Women’s and Gender Studies at Goethe University Frankfurt. She was the former Acting Director of the Cornelia Goethe Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies. She is the author of The New Maids: Transnational Women and the Care Economy; and the co-editor with Kathy Davis of The Routledge International Handbook of Intersectionality Studies.

'The Backstage of the Care Economy reveals the causes and consequences behind the explosion of migrant care work. It is a remarkable accomplishment and contribution from one of the leading social scientists of gender, care and migration in Europe'

• AcknowledgementsPreface1. Uncaring Care-Economies2. On the Road: The Supply Chain of Care Workers Between Germany and Central and East European Countries3. Distance and Proximity: Transnational Mothering and Emotional Inequality4. Euro-Orphans: Transnational Motherhood Under Pressure5. Masculinity and Care in Post-Socialism: The Fatherhood of Stay-Behind Partners6. From Socialist Utopias to the Global Commercialization of Care: New Answers to an Old Question7. The Care Economy after COVID-19: Vulnerability and ResilienceBibliography

Helma Lutz is a sociologist and Professor Emerita of Women’s and Gender Studies at Goethe University Frankfurt. She was the former Acting Director of the Cornelia Goethe Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies. She is the author of The New Maids: Transnational Women and the Care Economy; and the co-editor with Kathy Davis of The Routledge International Handbook of Intersectionality Studies.

'The Backstage of the Care Economy reveals the causes and consequences behind the explosion of migrant care work. It is a remarkable accomplishment and contribution from one of the leading social scientists of gender, care and migration in Europe'

• AcknowledgementsPreface1. Uncaring Care-Economies2. On the Road: The Supply Chain of Care Workers Between Germany and Central and East European Countries3. Distance and Proximity: Transnational Mothering and Emotional Inequality4. Euro-Orphans: Transnational Motherhood Under Pressure5. Masculinity and Care in Post-Socialism: The Fatherhood of Stay-Behind Partners6. From Socialist Utopias to the Global Commercialization of Care: New Answers to an Old Question7. The Care Economy after COVID-19: Vulnerability and ResilienceBibliography

Helma Lutz is a sociologist and Professor Emerita of Women’s and Gender Studies at Goethe University Frankfurt. She was the former Acting Director of the Cornelia Goethe Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies. She is the author of The New Maids: Transnational Women and the Care Economy; and the co-editor with Kathy Davis of The Routledge International Handbook of Intersectionality Studies.

'The Backstage of the Care Economy reveals the causes and consequences behind the explosion of migrant care work. It is a remarkable accomplishment and contribution from one of the leading social scientists of gender, care and migration in Europe'

• AcknowledgementsPreface1. Uncaring Care-Economies2. On the Road: The Supply Chain of Care Workers Between Germany and Central and East European Countries3. Distance and Proximity: Transnational Mothering and Emotional Inequality4. Euro-Orphans: Transnational Motherhood Under Pressure5. Masculinity and Care in Post-Socialism: The Fatherhood of Stay-Behind Partners6. From Socialist Utopias to the Global Commercialization of Care: New Answers to an Old Question7. The Care Economy after COVID-19: Vulnerability and ResilienceBibliography