A Dialogue with 'Global Care Chain' Analysis

Nurse Migration in the Irish Context

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3946004
AutoresNicola Yeates (0000-0001-7941-5994, autor de correspondencia)
Año2004
Volumen77
Número1
Páginas79-95
Fecha de publicación2004-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaFeminist Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0141-7789 • E-ISSN: 1466-4380
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1057/palgrave.fr.9400157
OpenAlexW2052339332
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas49
Referencias citadas14

This article examines the relationship between globalization, care and migration, with specific reference to the 'global care chain' concept. The utility of this concept is explored in the light of its current and potential contributions to research on the international division of reproductive labour and transnational care economies. The article asserts the validity of global care chain analysis but argues that its present application to migrant domestic care workers must be broadened in order that its potential may be fully realized. Accordingly, five ways in which the concept could be more broadly applied are outlined and applications of this expanded framework are illustrated through a case study of nurse migration in the Irish context. Finally, the discussion considers future directions for empirical and theoretical research into global care chains and suggests various lines of enquiry

Context (archaeology) · Division of labour · Economics · Globalization · Irish · Order (exchange) · Political science · Sociology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Global Health Workforce Issues · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics