ISBN:
9789811070259
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (229 pages)
Series Statement:
Series in Asian Labor and Welfare Policies Ser
Parallel Title:
Print version Ogawa, Reiko Gender, Care and Migration in East Asia
DDC:
306.095
Keywords:
Older people-Care-East Asia
;
Older people-Services for-East Asia
;
Women caregivers-East Asia
Abstract:
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Situating Gender, Care, and Migration in East Asia -- Care and Familial Duties, Services, and Work -- Contextualizing Care in East Asia -- Paid and Unpaid Care -- Commodification of Women´s Care Work in Asia -- Terminologies -- Structure of the Book -- References -- Part I: Gendered Care in East Asian Societies -- Chapter 2: The Double Burden of Care in Hong Kong: Implications for Care Policies and Arrangements -- Introduction -- Two Types of Caregiving and the Double Burden of Care -- The Care Burden and Gender -- The Study -- The Double Burden of Care -- The Care Burden -- Care Services and Arrangements -- Double Care Burdens and Concerns -- Discussion and Policy Implications -- Care, Burden, and Familial Arrangements -- Care Arrangements -- Importation of Migrant Care Workers -- References -- Chapter 3: Family Caregiving by Elderly Korean Women and Their Quality of Life -- Research Background: The Care Burden of Elderly Korean Women -- Aim of Research -- Literature Review -- Studies on Gender Differences Among Caregivers -- Elderly Women´s Caregiving for Grandchildren and Spouses and their Resultant Quality of Life -- Data and Methodology -- Data -- Methodology -- Results -- Difference in Life Satisfaction -- Factors Influencing Life Satisfaction -- Conclusion and Discussion -- References -- Chapter 4: Married Daughters´ Support to Their Parents and Parents-in-Law in Japan -- The Japanese Context of Intergenerational Assistance -- Theoretical Explanations of Intergenerational Assistance -- Data and Method -- Data -- Measures and Variables -- Results -- Determinants of Overall Support -- Determinants of Support by Type of Support -- Discussion -- References
Abstract:
Part II: The Well-Being of Migrant Care Workers: Micro-Perspectives -- Chapter 5: Familization of Indonesian Domestic Workers in Singapore -- Introduction -- Pseudo-Kinship: Negotiating Boundaries and Space -- Method and Samples -- Findings -- Discussion -- Limitations -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Investigating the Well-Being of Migrant Care Workers in Taiwan from the Perspective of Social Inclusion -- Introduction -- Conceptualizing Social Inclusion -- Research Approach -- Measuring Social Inclusion -- Questionnaire Design -- Sampling Design -- Findings -- Well-Being -- Social Inclusion -- Factor Analysis and Regression Model -- Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Part III: Migration and Care Regimes in East Asia: Macro-Perspectives -- Chapter 7: Creating a Gendered-Racialized Care Labor Market: Migrant Labor Policy and the Transformation of Care Work in Taiwan -- Introduction -- Long-Term Care and Migrant Care Labor Policy in Taiwan -- Conceptualizing Care Work in the Global Context -- The State´s Regulation of Live-In Migrant Care Workers -- Stratified Employment Relations: Disciplining and Managing Workers -- Employing Migrant Workers as the Solution to Triple Shifts -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: Who Pays the Cost and Who Receives the Benefit? Comparing Migration Policies for Care Workers in Japan and Taiwan -- Introduction -- Migrant Care Worker Regimes in Taiwan and Japan -- Estimation of Costs for Stakeholders in Taiwan and Japan -- Data Source -- Basic Assumptions Used -- Major Cost Items Measured -- Benefit Factors Estimated -- Estimated Financial Costs and Benefits -- For MCWs -- For Employers -- For Governments -- Summary and Discussions -- References -- Chapter 9: Care and Migration Regimes in Japan, Taiwan, and Korea -- Introduction -- Contextualizing the Migration Regime and the Care Regime
Abstract:
Japan´s Migration and Care Regimes: Unexpected Migrants as Subsidiary to Free Trade -- Taiwan´s Migration and Care Regimes: Live-In Migrants as a Neoliberal Solution -- Korea´s Migration and Care Regime: Co-Ethnics as Convenient Care Providers -- Nexus Between Migration and Care Regimes -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10: Conclusion: Agenda and Action Beyond Gendered Care and Migration -- Issues Concerning Care Arrangements: From Family to Social and from National to Cross-National -- Attending to Issues Beyond Gendered Care and Migration -- References -- Index
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