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1. When care work goes global
: locating the social relations of domestic work
by Romero, Mary
2014, New edition, Gender in a global/local world, ISBN 1409472949, xx, 305
"Women who migrate into domestic labour and care work are the single largest female occupational group migrating globally at present. Their participation in... 
Women foreign workers | Women's rights | Women household employees | Government policy | Social conditions | Global Governance | Political Sociology | Race & Ethnic Studies | Gender Politics | Migration | Comparative Politics | Globalisation
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2. Care work and class
: domestic workers' struggle for equal rights in Latin America
by Blofield, Merike
2012, ISBN 9780271053271, x, 185
"Despite constitutions that enshrine equality, until recently every state in Latin America permitted longer working hours (in some cases more than double the... 
Social classes | Labor movement | Industrial relations | Household employees | Equality | History | Social conditions
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3. Work, consumption and culture
: affluence and social change in the twenty-first century
by Ransome, Paul
2005, ISBN 076195984X, 213
The central question in Work, Consumption and Culture is whether consumption has now displaced production as the defining factor in the lives of those in the... 
Cost and standard of living | Consumption (Economics) | Social aspects | Work ethic | Social change | Wealth | Sociology, Social Studies
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4. Migration and domestic work
: a European perspective on a global theme
by Lutz, Helma
2008, Studies in migration and diaspora, ISBN 9780754647904, xii, 212
Domestic work has become highly relevant on a local and global scale. Until a decade ago, domestic workers were rare in European households; today they can be... 
Women migrant labor | Women household employees | Migrant labor | Household employees | Transnationalism | Hausarbeit | Frauenerwerbstätigkeit | Arbeitsmobilität | Privathaushalt | Pflegedienst | Kinderbetreuung | Migration | Produktion | Europäische Union | Work | Russian & Eastern European Studies | Central Asian | Gender Studies | Europe | Foreign workers | Domestics
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5. Migration, domestic work and affect
: a decolonial approach on value and the feminization of labor
by Gutiérrez Rodríguez, Encarnación
2010, Routledge research in gender and society, ISBN 9780415994736, Volume 9780203848661, xiii, 220
Domestic and care work in private households is now the largest employment sector for migrant women. This book sheds light on these households through its... 
Sociology of Work & Industry | Women's Studies | Social Class | Women immigrants - Employment - Europe | Women immigrants | Women foreign workers | Women household employees | Sexual division of labor
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6. Migration and domestic work
: the collective organisation of women and their voices from the city
by Yılmaz, Gaye, author and Ledwith, Sue, author
2017, ISBN 9783319516486, xiv, 270 pages
With female migrants dominating low paid and ever-expanding domestic work worldwide, this book brings together the voices of 120 migrating women from 28... 
Women immigrants | Urban women | Women household employees | Social conditions | Employee health promotion
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7. Household recycling and consumption work
: social and moral economies
by Wheeler, Kathryn, 1983 and Glucksmann, Miriam, author
2015, Consumption of public life, ISBN 1137440430, xiii, 235
Consumers are not usually incorporated into the sociological concept of 'division of labour', but using the case of household recycling, this book shows why... 
Economic aspects | Refuse and refuse disposal | Recycling (Waste, etc.) | Nature Conservation
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8. Gender, migration, and the work of care
: a multi-scalar approach to the Pacific Rim
by Michel, Sonya, 1942- editor and Peng, Ito, editor
2017, ISBN 3319550853, xiii, 316 pages
"This book explores how around the world, women’s increased presence in the labor force has reorganized the division of labor in households, affecting... 
Women | Women immigrants | Women household employees | Women caregivers | Social conditions | Social service | Social Sciences | Migration | Gender Studies | Social Care | Caregivers | Women employees
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9. A woman's work is never done
: a history of housework in the British Isles, 1650-1950
by Davidson, Caroline
1982, ISBN 9780701139018, 250
History | Home economics | Housewives
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10. Couple dynamics
: psychoanalytic perspectives in work with the individual, the couple, and the group
by Novakovic, Aleksandra, editor
2016, Tavistock Clinic series, ISBN 9781782203315, xviii, 220
Couples Therapy
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11. Gender, migration and domestic work
: masculinities, male labour and fathering in the UK and USA
by Kilkey, Majella
2013, Migration, diasporas and citizenship, ISBN 023029720X, 216
Based on studies conducted in the UK and USA, this book investigates the experiences of suppliers and consumers of masculinized domestic services, exploring... 
Sociology | Emigration and immigration | Masculinity | Equality | Household employees | Men
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12. Asian women and intimate work
by Ochiai, Emiko, 1958- editor of compilation and Aoyama, Kaoru, 1962- editor of compilation
2014, The intimate and the public in Asian and global perspectives, ISBN 9004226923, Volume 3, xii, 318
"Asian women are often labelled with biased stereotypical images, ranging from "subordinate housewife" to "migrant domestic maid," and "overseas bride." Asian... 
Women | Sex role | Women foreign workers | Women household employees | Economic conditions | Prostitutes | Social conditions
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13. Domestic economies
: women, work, and the American Dream in Los Angeles
by Rosenbaum, Susanna, 1972- author
2017, ISBN 0822369974, xii, 232 pages
Examines how two groups of women - Mexican and Central American domestic workers and the predominantly white, middle-class women who employ them - seek to... 
Working class women | Hispanic American women | Middle class women | Employment | Women foreign workers | Women household employees | Motherhood | California | Social conditions | American Dream | Women foreign workers-California-Los Angeles-Social conditions | Women household employees-California-Los Angeles | Middle class women-California-Los Angeles-Social conditions | Working class women-California-Los Angeles-Social conditions | Hispanic American women-Employment-California-Los Angeles | Motherhood-California-Los Angeles
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14. Caring on the clock
: the complexities and contradictions of paid care work
by Armenia, Amy, 1972- editor and Stacey, Clare L. 1973- editor. (Clare Louise) and Duffy, Mignon, editor
2015, Families in focus, ISBN 0813563127, xviii, 332
"Caring on the Clock is the first book to bring together cutting-edge research on a wide range of paid care occupations, placing the various studies within a... 
Caregivers | Service industries workers | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General | Household employees | Social service | Sociology
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15. Work, family and childcare
: an empirical analysis of European households
by Ghysels, Joris
2004, ISBN 9781843769187, x, 287
Economic aspects | Households | Child care | Work and family
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16. Migrant citizenship from below
: family, domestic work, and social activism in irregular migration
by Shinozaki, Kyoko
2015, 1st edition., ISBN 1137410434, xv, 218
"Explores the dynamic local and transnational lives of Filipina and Filipino migrant domestic workers living in "Schönberg," Germany. Shinozaki examines how... 
Germany Emigration and immigrationSocial aspects | Philippines Emigration and immigrationSocial aspects | Foreign workers, Filipino | Household employees | Social conditions | Political science
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17. Occupational and environmental lung diseases
: diseases from work, home, outdoor and other exposures
by Cullinan, Paul and Nemery, Benoit and Tarlo, Susan
2010, ISBN 9780470515945, xx, 468
"Documents both environmental and work-related causes of lung disease Unlike other books on the subject, this new volume approaches occupational and... 
Lungs | Environmental aspects | adverse effects | Occupational diseases | Lung Diseases | Environmental Exposure | Diseases | etiology
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18. Making care count
: a century of gender, race, and paid care work
by Duffy, Mignon
2011, ISBN 9780813549613, xiii, 185
"There are fundamental tasks common to every society: children have to be raised, homes need to be cleaned, meals need to be prepared, and people who are... 
Service industries workers | Caregivers | Paid care workers | Household employees | Social service | Sexual division of labor
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19. Everyday conversions
: Islam, domestic work, and South Asian migrant women in Kuwait
by Ahmad, Attiya, 1976- author
2017, Next wave: New Directions in Women's Studies, ISBN 9780822373223, xiii, 270 pages
Attiya Ahmad examines the practice of conversion to Islam by South Asian migrant domestic workers in the Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf region and how... 
Women immigrants | Islam | South Asians | Employment | South Asian diaspora | Household employees | Belonging (Social psychology) | Social aspects | Conversion | Conversion - Islam - Social aspects
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20. Servants of globalization
: migration and domestic work
by Parreñas, Rhacel Salazar author
2015, Second edition., ISBN 9780804791519, xi, 239 pages
Women | Philippines Emigration and immigrationGovernment policy | Filipinos | Foreign workers, Filipino | Employment | Globalization | Women household employees | Social aspects
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