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The Implications of Migration for Gender and Care Regimes in the South

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South-South Migration

Part of the book series: Social Policy in a Development Context ((SPDC))

Abstract

In the past decade there has been considerable concern over issues of funding and provision of care in public and social policy (Razavi 2007a). Although there is an increasing interest in this field, so far there has been little research on social policy and care provisioning in the global South, especially as they pertain to migration and gender relations. However, migration, especially that of women, is changing care landscapes the world over, including in Southern countries, and there is an urgent need for research in this area in order to guide the setting up of effective and appropriate social policy. This chapter looks at some conceptual issues that could steer new research in this field.

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    Katja Hujo (Research Coordinator in the Social Policy and Development Programme) (Research Coordinator in the Social Policy and Development Programme)

  2. Department of Geography, Swansea University, UK

    Nicola Piper (Senior Lecturer, Associate Director of the Centre for Migration Policy Research) (Senior Lecturer, Associate Director of the Centre for Migration Policy Research)

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Kofman, E., Raghuram, P. (2010). The Implications of Migration for Gender and Care Regimes in the South. In: Hujo, K., Piper, N. (eds) South-South Migration. Social Policy in a Development Context. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230283374_2

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