In the context of ageing populations, increasing participation of
women in the labour market, growing marketisation of care provision,
and, most importantly, global inequalities, racialised care workers
have come to fulfil a key role within older-age care in western
European societies. This book presents a gendered political economy of
migrant and minority ethnic care workers’ experiences in older-age
care in London, Paris and Madrid. Its cross-national comparative
approach allows for a differentiated analysis of the workings of
migration, employment and care regimes in three capital cities, with
similarly segmented care sectors, yet diverse policies and
implications for care workers. Sahraoui provides a novel perspective
that advances debates on the ethics of care by foregrounding the
voices of racialised care workers and contributing to feminist moral
philosophy. Racialised Workers and European Older-Age Care offers
unique insights into the meanings of care labour and the challenges
arising from processes of neoliberal marketisation, precarisation and
institutional racism. The book sketches out an intersectional
understanding of the exploitative relationships on which care and
social reproduction currently rely and demonstrates why it matters to
move care from the margins of society to its centre. This innovative
and compelling analysis will appeal to students and scholars of
Anthropology, Sociology, Political Science and Social Policy, as well
as those working in the interdisciplinary sub-fields of Gender,
Migration, Labour, and Racism Studies.
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From Care Labour to Care Ethics
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9783030143978
Publisert
2019
Utgiver
Vendor
Palgrave Macmillan
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Forfatter