Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development
Volume 27, Issue 3-4, 2017, Pages 195-210

The intersections of the care regime and the migrant care worker policy: the example of Taiwan (Article)

Wang M.S.* , Chan T.-C.
  • a Department of Social Work, National Taipei University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
  • b Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Abstract

Employment of migrant care workers (MCWs) is increasing, globalising, and is feminised, but the style, nature and extent of MCW policy in Taiwan is very different. This study explores the specific path for MCW policies amidst the globalisation of MCWs and analyses the intersection of the care, migration and employment regimes and compares these to South Korea’s and Japan’s migrant worker policies. This gives a deeper understanding of the formation and transition for Taiwan’s MCW policy. The similarities and uniqueness of Taiwan MCW policy are discussed in this study. © 2017 Department of Social Work, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

Author Keywords

Japan Migrant care workers Taiwan Ageing South Korea

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85034816225&doi=10.1080%2f02185385.2017.1406822&partnerID=40&md5=9522f90c89694c63a7966b316cf827c5
DOI: 10.1080/02185385.2017.1406822
ISSN: 02185385
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English