Li-Fang Liang
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 159404 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Li-Fang Liang |
| PRENOMES | Li-Fang |
| SOBRENOME | Liang |
| ASSINATURA | LIANG L |
| AFILIAÇÕES | National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 6 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 52 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2011 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2021 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Managing Work and Care
This article uses Taiwan as an example to examine how families manage work and care when the government and workplace provide limited support. Many Taiwanese households employ live-in migrant care workers to negotiate care responsibilities and adults’ paid jobs. Based on interviews with employers of live-in migrant care workers and workers, the findings demonstrate that daughters-in-law and occasionally daughters and sons become employers of live…
Migrant care work in Taiwan
The myriad studies of migrant care workers adopt a rights perspective to address their liminal status and experience of exploitation. However, this perspective may fail to recognise the complexities of care and caring. Through describing the lived experiences of migrant live-in care workers and care recipients, this study illustrates the dynamics of care work and care relationships. It presents the complex dimensions of care work embedded in the …
The distortions of care needs and medical professionalism
Live-in Migrant Care Workers in Taiwan
The increasing flow of migrant care workers from poorer to wealthier countries not only reflects care deficits in the latter countries, but also reveals issues concerning the rights and working conditions of migrant care workers. The discussion on the Household Services Act in Taiwan draws attention to the vulnerable and marginalized situation of live-in migrant care workers in society. In this essay, I investigate the debates around legislating …
Combining Paid Work and Family Care
As populations age around the world, increasing efforts are required from both families and governments to secure care and support for older and disabled people.At the same time both women and men are expected to increase and lengthen their participation in paid work, which makes combining caring and working a burning issue for social and employment policy and economic sustainability. International discussion about the reconciliation of work and …
The making of an 'ideal' live-in migrant care worker
n This essay investigates the contested processes through which gender and racial ideologies are practiced thereby place specific group of women in particular gendered and racialized labor markets. The migration of female live-in care workers to Taiwan exemplifies how gender and racial ideologies are embodied in everyday practices that justify the paid care work done by these women and that produce their subordinate status. In this essay, I take …
The making of an 'ideal' live-in migrant care worker
n This essay investigates the contested processes through which gender and racial ideologies are practiced thereby place specific group of women in particular gendered and racialized labor markets. The migration of female live-in care workers to Taiwan exemplifies how gender and racial ideologies are embodied in everyday practices that justify the paid care work done by these women and that produce their subordinate status. In this essay, I take …
Managing Work and Care
This article uses Taiwan as an example to examine how families manage work and care when the government and workplace provide limited support. Many Taiwanese households employ live-in migrant care workers to negotiate care responsibilities and adults’ paid jobs. Based on interviews with employers of live-in migrant care workers and workers, the findings demonstrate that daughters-in-law and occasionally daughters and sons become employers of live…
Migrant care work in Taiwan
The myriad studies of migrant care workers adopt a rights perspective to address their liminal status and experience of exploitation. However, this perspective may fail to recognise the complexities of care and caring. Through describing the lived experiences of migrant live-in care workers and care recipients, this study illustrates the dynamics of care work and care relationships. It presents the complex dimensions of care work embedded in the …
The distortions of care needs and medical professionalism
Live-in Migrant Care Workers in Taiwan
The increasing flow of migrant care workers from poorer to wealthier countries not only reflects care deficits in the latter countries, but also reveals issues concerning the rights and working conditions of migrant care workers. The discussion on the Household Services Act in Taiwan draws attention to the vulnerable and marginalized situation of live-in migrant care workers in society. In this essay, I investigate the debates around legislating …
The making of an 'ideal' live-in migrant care worker
n This essay investigates the contested processes through which gender and racial ideologies are practiced thereby place specific group of women in particular gendered and racialized labor markets. The migration of female live-in care workers to Taiwan exemplifies how gender and racial ideologies are embodied in everyday practices that justify the paid care work done by these women and that produce their subordinate status. In this essay, I take …
Combining Paid Work and Family Care
As populations age around the world, increasing efforts are required from both families and governments to secure care and support for older and disabled people.At the same time both women and men are expected to increase and lengthen their participation in paid work, which makes combining caring and working a burning issue for social and employment policy and economic sustainability. International discussion about the reconciliation of work and …
Live-in Migrant Care Workers in Taiwan
The increasing flow of migrant care workers from poorer to wealthier countries not only reflects care deficits in the latter countries, but also reveals issues concerning the rights and working conditions of migrant care workers. The discussion on the Household Services Act in Taiwan draws attention to the vulnerable and marginalized situation of live-in migrant care workers in society. In this essay, I investigate the debates around legislating …
The distortions of care needs and medical professionalism
Migrant care work in Taiwan
The myriad studies of migrant care workers adopt a rights perspective to address their liminal status and experience of exploitation. However, this perspective may fail to recognise the complexities of care and caring. Through describing the lived experiences of migrant live-in care workers and care recipients, this study illustrates the dynamics of care work and care relationships. It presents the complex dimensions of care work embedded in the …
Managing Work and Care
This article uses Taiwan as an example to examine how families manage work and care when the government and workplace provide limited support. Many Taiwanese households employ live-in migrant care workers to negotiate care responsibilities and adults’ paid jobs. Based on interviews with employers of live-in migrant care workers and workers, the findings demonstrate that daughters-in-law and occasionally daughters and sons become employers of live…
Care work (5 obras) · Employment and Welfare Studies (5 obras) · Political science (5 obras) · Sociology (5 obras) · Work (physics (5 obras) · Law (4 obras) · Law (4 obras) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (3 obras) · Medicine (3 obras) · Nursing (3 obras)