Crossborder Care Lessons from Central Europe /

This book analyses the circular migration of care workers in Central Europe using the example of Slovak carers in 24-hour care provision for the elderly in Austria. Challenging analyses that focus primarily on care drain and care regimes, Bahna and Sekulová supplement quantitative methodology with q...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bahna, Miloslav (Author), Sekulová, Martina (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: e-Book
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : 2019.
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Subjects:
Industrial sociology.
Emigration and immigration.
Social service.
Social structure.
Equality.
Sociology of Work.
Human Migration.
Social Care.
Social Structure.
Online Access:Full-text access
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Slovak Care Workers in Austria: An Overview
  • 3. Care Workers as Economic Migrants
  • 4. Does the Family Suffer?
  • 5. Care-work and the Life Project of the Carers: Intersections between Age and Gender
  • 6. Leaving Carework: Career Prospects in a Secondary Labor Market
  • 7. Conclusion: Labor Migration After All?.

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