Markets, Regimes, and the Role of Stakeholders: Explaining Precariousness of Migrant Domestic/Care Workers in Different Institutional Frameworks

Hellgren, Zenia

doi:10.1093/sp/jxv010

Cited by 41 publications

(54 citation statements)

References 10 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Underscored in both Szalai's study of ethnic youth and education (2014b) and in our study of domestic workers, agency and capabilities for making alternative choices, the essence of the capabilities approach is dependent upon laws and policies of the state, but also community resources and networks (Hellgren, 2015). Furthermore, in both our cases, a lack of political voice in unions or politics weakened the capabilities and agency for making change.…”

Section: Beyond Recognition and Redistribution: Taking The Conversatimentioning

confidence: 71%

Revisiting Recognition and Redistribution and Extending the Borders

Hobson¹

2018

Intersections

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This article revisits the recognition and redistribution debates emerging from Nancy Fraser's 1995 agenda article underscoring the dangers in the rise of identity politics and displacement of economic justice in postsocialist age. Júlia Szalai has been a crucial actor in reshaping the research on recognition struggles, and I will focus on the important contribution of her research on the Roma. Looking beyond dichotomy in recognition and redistribution, Szalai's research has highlighted the interplay and overlapping configurations in recognition struggles: their institutional and historical embeddedness and their emphasis on political agency and voice. Her analysis of the multiple and interacting processes of exclusion of the Roma in Central Europe, including the spatial, educational and employment dimensions and the lack of political representation, reflect a near congruence in misrecognition and malredistribution. Her research highlights shifts in the discourse from the cultural wars to the redistributional wars in neo-liberal market economies between those who have lost status and income in the dominant population and the most vulnerable (minority and migrant populations). Finally, Szalai's research and writings have extended the theoretical and empirical borders on recognition struggles, engaging with the frameworks of intersectionalities and capabilities both of which offer lenses for revealing complex inequalities and the tensions within the paradigms for social justice that have inspired my own research.

show abstract

Section: Beyond Recognition and Redistribution: Taking The Conversatimentioning

confidence: 71%

Revisiting Recognition and Redistribution and Extending the Borders

Hobson¹

2018

Intersections

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The proponents of the suggested reform framed it explicitly as a gender equality initiative by arguing that the possibility of paying for domestic help would enable women to participate in the labour market on more equal terms (Kvist & Peterson 2010: 193;Kvist 2013: 215;Estévez-Abe & Hobson 2015;Hellgren 2015).…”

Section: 2mentioning

confidence: 99%

New Ways of Doing the ‘Good’ and Gender Equal Family: Parents Employing Nannies and Au Pairs in Sweden

Eldén

Anving

2016

Sociological Research Online

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The last decade, Nordic families have started to employ nannies and au pairs to an extent previously never experienced. Political initiatives such as tax deductions for household services, together with global trends of 'care chains', have created a private market for care services, which have made it possible for families to hire cheap female, and often migrant, care labour. In the case of Sweden, this is an indication of a re-familializing trend in politics of care and family; a move away from a social democratic welfare regime, towards the privatized and marketized care/family solutions of other Western countries. This qualitative study of Swedish families who hire nannies/au pairs shows how the dual earner/dual carer ideal is being replaced by a dual earner/privately outsourced care ideal, a shift that requires particular forms of accounting for their practices on the part of the parents, related to the discourse of gender equality as well as narratives of what is 'best for children'. This, we argue, indicates that gender equality and 'good care' for children is increasingly becoming a class privilege.

show abstract

“…Live‐in migrant care work (LIMC work) is one of many potential forms of long‐term care provision. While LIMC is well‐established in countries with a relatively limited welfare system (Italy, Spain, Austria), it is a remarkable new development in countries with ‘generous’ welfare systems (Sweden and the Netherlands; Da Roit & van Bochove, ; Hellgren, ).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, local circumstances do seem to matter. While Hellgren (: 237) concludes that different welfare state regimes produce a similar ‘migrant precariat’, Salami et al (: 1677) argue that ‘countries have different policies that affect the circumstances of live‐in caregivers or domestic workers’.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…First, the labour market position is poor because of low salaries and limited social rights and protection (Lutz, ). Comparing the position of LIMC workers in Sweden and Spain, Hellgren (: 223) concludes that, ‘[d]espite their very different policy trajectories (often undocumented), female migrant workers similarly occupy precarious positions in the respective labour markets’. However, other authors argued that differences exist in governmental and organisational policies, which limit cross‐country generalisation (cf.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Broadening the scope of live‐in migrant care research: How care networks shape the experience of precarious work

Bochove

Kleinsmiede

2019

Health Soc Care Community

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Live‐in migrant care work is increasing across welfare states. In the context of ageing populations and changing healthcare systems, live‐in care enables ageing in place without overburdening family caregivers. However, research has shown that live‐in care often puts migrant care workers and their recipients in precarious positions. While the outcome of precarious work has gained attention, it is not self‐evident. Based on interviews with migrant care workers in the Netherlands, as well as formal and informal caregivers, and the staff of intermediary organisations, this study shows that besides client conditions, the interactions of actors in the care network shape the circumstances and experience of migrant live‐in care work. The findings suggest that managing the care networks to which migrant care workers belong makes it possible to mitigate the associated precariousness.

show abstract

Markets, Regimes, and the Role of Stakeholders: Explaining Precariousness of Migrant Domestic/Care Workers in Different Institutional Frameworks

Cited by 41 publications

References 10 publications

Revisiting Recognition and Redistribution and Extending the Borders

Revisiting Recognition and Redistribution and Extending the Borders

New Ways of Doing the ‘Good’ and Gender Equal Family: Parents Employing Nannies and Au Pairs in Sweden

Broadening the scope of live‐in migrant care research: How care networks shape the experience of precarious work

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About