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Global Care Work : Gender and Migration in Nordic Societies

Paperback • 2011 • Norwegian Bokmål

Global Care Work : Gender and Migration in Nordic Societies

By Lise Widding. Isaksen

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About the book

Presenting empirical research on the lives of care workers, sex workers, au pairs, and their families, this anthology is a unique study of gender and migration. Written by researchers from Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden, the account brings the Nordic example to the international debate on how globalization affects and commercializes women's traditional work and analyzes the social and legal migration regulations. Uncovering some uncomfortable facts about new ethnic hierarchies, social clas...Show more

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ISBN

9789185509485

Publisher

Chicago : Nordic Academic Press

Published year

2011

Language

Norwegian Bokmål

Original title

Global Care Work : Gender and Migration in Nordic Societies

Format

Paperback

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