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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300611403321

Titolo

Gender, Care and Migration in East Asia / / edited by Reiko Ogawa, Raymond K.H. Chan, Akiko S. Oishi, Lih-Rong Wang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

981-10-7025-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVI, 222 p. 41 illus.)

Collana

Series in Asian Labor and Welfare Policies, , 2730-7956

Disciplina

361.65

Soggetti

Welfare state

Sociology

Emigration and immigration

Social policy

Politics of the Welfare State

Gender Studies

Migration

Social Policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Situating Gender, Care, and Migration in East Asia -- The Double Burden of Care in Hong Kong: Implications for Care Policies and Arrangements -- Family Caregiving by Elderly Korean Women and Their Quality of Life -- Married Daughters’ Support to Their Parents and Parents-in-Law in Japan -- Familization of Indonesian Domestic Workers in Singapore -- Investigating the Well-Being of Migrant Care Workers in Taiwan from the Perspective of Social Inclusion -- Creating a Gendered-Racialized Care Labor Market: Migrant Labor Policy and the Transformation of Care Work in Taiwan -- Who Pays the Cost and Who Receives the Benefit? Comparing Migration Policies for Care Workers in Japan and Taiwan -- Care and Migration Regimes in Japan, Taiwan, and Korea -- Conclusion: Agenda and Action Beyond Gendered Care and Migration

Sommario/riassunto

This collection provides a comparative analysis of care arrangements in



relation to issues of gender and transnational migration, social policy and labour migration in East Asia. Bridging the key topics of migration and gendered cared work through cross country comparisons, it examines how care work and welfare arrangements have been shaped by national and global forces against the backdrop of changing gender relationships, the rise of female labour force participation, low fertility rates and population aging in East Asia. It particularly addresses the ‘feminization of migration’ which is a salient feature of migration in Asia today as more women from developing countries undertake domestic work and care work in Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and Hong Kong. Addressing the issue of care in relation to employment, care and migration regimes in East Asia and the interaction among welfare regimes, labour markets and work-care balance, this collection provides an up-to-date assessment of gendered transnational migration in the region and sheds light on local and transnational policies and practices which aim to improve the welfare of families and migrant workers.