Raghuram, Parvati
(2012).
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| DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link: | http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0374.2012.00345.x |
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Abstract
Migration, along with the implied geographies of the ethics of care literature and policy initiatives vis-à-vis care have increasingly led to the adoption of the ‘global’ as the most appropriate level for analysing care. Much of the empirical work underpinning analyses of care, however, was done at particular sites and had specific emphases that are now being adopted in the analysis of care globally. In this article, I suggest the need for empirical research from other parts of the world to inform, build on and challenge the existing theorizations of transnational care. Using examples from India, I highlight some ways in which (a) recognizing the varied genealogies of care in different places, (b) bringing together the literature on care diamonds with that on care chains, and (c) recognizing the diversity of family forms and the increasing transnationalization of markets, the state and civil society may enrich existing care chain analysis. I thus suggest that we need to explore what differences in the infrastructural architecture of care means for how we theorize care in the context of migration. I outline some elements of a new research agenda, not only for research on India but also for recognizing the importance of heterogeneous care arrangements in a globalizing world of care.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Copyright Holders: | 2012 The Author(s) |
| ISSN: | 1471-0374 |
| Extra Information: | Special Issue: Transnational mobilities for care: rethinking the dynamics of care in Asia, guest edited by Shirelena Huang, Leng Leng Thang and Mika Toyota |
| Keywords: | care chain; care diamond;transnationalism; global; local; global south India; ethics; policy |
| Academic Unit/Department: | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Politics, Economics, Development, Geography Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) |
| Interdisciplinary Research Centre: | Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance (CCIG) OpenSpace Research Centre (OSRC) |
| Item ID: | 30441 |
| Depositing User: | Parvati Raghuram |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Mar 2012 09:17 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Aug 2016 02:01 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/30441 |
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