Au pairs' lives in global context : sisters or servants? /: sisters or servants?. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Rosie Cox.
• Editors: Cox, Rosie
• Contents: Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Introduction; Rosie CoxPART I: AU PAIRS IN THE UK2. 'Pink Slave' or the 'Modern Young Woman'? A History of the Au Pair in Britain; Eleni Liarou3. 'Good Families' and the Shadows of Servitude: Au Pair Gossip and Norms of Au Pair Employment; Zuzana Búriková 4. When Work Doesn't Pay: Outcomes of a Deregulated Childcare Market and Au Pair Policy Vacuum in the UK; Nicky Busch5. Migrant Domestic Workers, the National Minimum Wage and the 'Family Worker' Concept; Jenny MossPART II: AU PAIRS IN THE NORDIC COUNTRIES6. In a Minefield of Transnational Social Relations: Filipino Au Pairs between Moral Obligations and Personal Ambitions; Mariya Bikova7. Bane and Boon; Gains and Pains; Dos and Don'ts ... : Moral Economy and Female Bodies in Au Pair Migration; Helle Stenum8. 'It's Not Much': Affective (Boundary) Work in the Au Pair Scheme; Elisabeth Stubberud9. Au Pairs in Norway: Experiences from an Outreach Rroject; Lene Løvdal PART III: THE AU PAIR EXPERIENCE IN THE REST OF EUROPE10. Ethnicity and the Au Pair Experience: Latin American Au Pairs in Marseille, France; Séverine Durin11. Part of the Family? Experiences of Au Pairs in Ireland; Aoife SmithPART IV: AU PAIRS IN THE NEW WORLD12. Hiding in Plain Sight: Au Pairs in Australia; Laurie Berg13. The Cosmopolitan Dilemma: Fantasy, Work and the Experiences of Mexican Au Pairs in the USA; Mirza Aguilar Pe;rez14. 'She Doesn't Think it Will Work Out': Why Au Pairs in the USA Leave Their Host Family Early; Christine Geserick15. Conclusion: When is a Worker not Worker?: Tackling the Contradictions of Au Pairing; Rosie Cox.
• Publisher Details: Houndmills, Basingstock, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 260 pages)
• Subjects: 362.7; Social sciences; Au pairs; Child care; Nannies; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare; Au pairs; Child care; Nannies; Social Science -- Emigration & Immigration; Social Science -- Sociology -- Marriage & Family; Political Science -- Public Policy -- Social Policy; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Migration, immigration & emigration; Sociology: family & relationships; Central government policies; Sociology; Industrial sociology; Migration; Social policy; Sociology: work & labour; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137377487; 1137377488
• Related ISBNs: 9781137377470
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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