Zeitschrift fur Wirtschaftsgeographie
Volume 55, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 193-206

Between care and career. Domestic and care work of transnational female migrants as strategic resources [Zwischen care und career: Haushaltsnahe dienstleistungen von transnational mobilen migrantinnen als strategische ressourcen] (Article)

Strüver A.*
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Abstract

This contribution tocuses on the multiscalarity ot economic and social relations taking transnational domestic and care workers as an example. As a consequence of neoliberal transformations in European welfare states, demands for personal domestic services increase and are met by Eastern European female migrants. These migrants' activities rely on two strategies, namely rotating between places and between care and career.

Author Keywords

European border regimes Care-work transnational migration

Index Keywords

health worker border region domestic work neoliberalism Europe welfare impact socioeconomic conditions migrant worker womens status
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ISSN: 00443751
Cited by: 4
Original Language: German