Globalizing care economies and migrant workers : explorations in global care chains
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Globalizing care economies and migrant workers : explorations in global care chains
Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
Available at 23 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
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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