Migrant Domestic Careworkers
Between the Public and the Private in Catholic Social Teaching
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14760728 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Catherine R Osborne, Catherine Osborne (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-25 |
| Publication date | 2012-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Religious Ethics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0384-9694 • E-ISSN: 1467-9795 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9795.2011.00506.x |
| OpenAlex | W1500316424 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 34 |
This essay argues that Catholic (magisterial) social teaching's division of ethics into public and private creates a structural lacuna which makes it almost impossible to envision a truly just situation for migrant domestic careworkers (MDCs) within the current horizon of Catholic social thought. Drawing on a variety of sociological studies, I conclude that it is easy for MDCs to “disappear” between two countries, two families, and, finally, two sets of ethical norms. If the magisterium genuinely wishes Catholic ethicists to address the plight of these migrant women, normative Catholic social teaching must pay more attention to household sociological realities and more fully absorb the feminist critique of the sharp line between the public and the private, between care and paid work
Catholic social teaching · Magisterium · Normative · Political science · Private space · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics · Law · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious Freedom and Discrimination
Servants of Globalization
Not One of the Family
Globalization and Its Discontents
Fostering a Catholic Commitment to the Common Good
Proposing Cardinal Virtues
The Globalization of Care Work
Global Cities and Survival Circuits
The structural transformation of the public sphere
Gender, Migration and Domestic Service
The Slave Next Door
Global Dimensions of Gender and Carework
Women in Motion
Women's Labor in the Global Economy
Mexican Immigrant Women and the New Domestic Labor
Faith on the Edge
A Very Private Business
The ?Nanny? Question in Feminism
The “Nanny” Question in Feminism
Haven in a heartless world
Global Cinderellas
I'm Here, but I'm There
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |