A Dialogue with 'global care chain' analysis: nurse migration in the Irish context

Yeates, Nicola (2004). A Dialogue with 'global care chain' analysis: nurse migration in the Irish context. Feminist Review, 77(1) pp. 79–95.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.fr.9400157

Abstract

This article examines the relationship between globalization, care and migration, with specific reference to the 'global care chain' concept. The utility of this concept is explored in the light of its current and potential contributions to research on the international division of reproductive labour and transnational care economies. The article asserts the validity of global care chain analysis but argues that its present application to migrant domestic care workers must be broadened in order that its potential may be fully realized. Accordingly, five ways in which the concept could be more broadly applied are outlined and applications of this expanded framework are illustrated through a case study of nurse migration in the Irish context. Finally, the discussion considers future directions for empirical and theoretical research into global care chains and suggests various lines of enquiry.

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