Globalizing Care Economies and Migrant Workers

Explorations in Global Care Chains

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Gebonden, blz. | Engels
Palgrave Macmillan UK | 2008
ISBN13: 9780230005341
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Exploring the globalization of reproductive labour, this book expands a traditional focus on domestic workers and presents an important analysis of the international migration of professional nurses and religious care workers. The study covers a range of countries in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas.

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ISBN13:9780230005341
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK

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List of Tables and Figures
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
INTRODUCTION
PART I: THE GLOBALIZATION OF CARE
Introduction
The Globalization of Production and Labour
The Globalization of Reproductive Labour
Review
PART II: GLOBAL CARE CHAINS
Introduction: The Global Care Chain Concept
Locating the GCC Concept
Extending the GCC Concept
An Expanded Global Care Chains Analytical Framework
Issues in GCC Analysis
Conclusions
PART III: GLOBAL NURSING CARE CHAINS
Introduction
International Nurse Migration: An Overview
Production of Nurses
Recruiting and Moving Nurses
Governance of Entry to Overseas Nursing
Labour Integration and Management
Distributive Spatialities of GNCs
PART IV: EXPORTING NURSES FROM IRELAND
Introduction
A Brief History of Irish Migration
Irish Nurses and Britain: Colonial and Post-colonial Ties
Irish Nurse Migration to Other Countries
Nurse Recruitment Agencies and Strategies
PART V: IMPORTING NURSES INTO IRELAND
Introduction
The Context of Nurse Immigration: Producing Vacancies
Migration of Nurses into Ireland
Living the Global Nursing Chain
Conclusions
PART VI: GLOBAL RELIGIOUS CARE CHAINS
Introduction
The Development of the Religious Care Economy
Waves and Destinations of Irish Religious Care Migration
Missionaries
Return of the Migrant Church
Review
CONCLUSIONS
References
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