When Care Work Goes Global

Valerie Preston is Professor in the Department of Geography at York University, Canada; Mary Romero is Professor in Justice and Social Inquiry, Arizona State University, USA; Wenona Giles, is Professor, Department of Anthropology and Associate Researcher, Centre for Refugee Studies.

’When Care Work Goes Global is a truly global analysis of the continuing significance of paid care and domestic labour. Ranging over five continents, this is a substantial and sophisticated collection, which shows just how important reproductive work is to the functioning of twenty-first century neoliberal capitalism.’ Rosie Cox, Birkbeck University of London, UK ’In this excellent collection the contributors provide an innovative and global view on the new international division of reproductive labour. They demonstrate how and why domestic and care work developed into the now largest occupation sector for female migrants worldwide which encompasses not only migration movements from the global South to the global North but also those from rural to urban areas and between countries of the global South. By portraying the large array of complicated social relations in this field, the authors help to understand the complex phenomenon of care migration in the twenty-first century. A must read for students and scholars, this book contains new insights even for those of us who have been in the field for a long time.’ Helma Lutz, Goethe University, Germany

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