Care for the caregivers? Transnational justice and undocumented non-citizen care workers

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ID17814111
AutoresZahra Meghani (0000-0002-7181-5296, autor correspondente), Lisa Eckenwiler (0000-0001-8547-6398)
Ano2009
Volume2
Fascículo1
Páginas77-101
Data de publicação2009-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1937-4577 • E-ISSN: 1937-4585
EditoraUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2979/fab.2009.2.1.77
OpenAlexW1998380648
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas10

In recent years, the flow of undocumented labor from the global South to richer nations has increased considerably. Many undocumented women workers find employment as caregivers for the dependent elderly, whose numbers are burgeoning in affluent countries. Here we present a profile of undocumented non-citizen caregivers in the United States and delineate some of the key injustices they suffer. After identifying the causal factors responsible for the flow of undocumented labor from the global South to richer nations like the United States, we discuss the criteria that a theory of transnational justice must meet if it is to address the problem of justice for this population. We argue that Iris Young’s “social connection” model of responsibility is a promising approach for helping to correct the injustices suffered by undocumented, non-citizen caregivers

Criminology · Economic growth · Economic Justice · Economics · Global justice · Political science · Population · Social justice · Sociology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration