Entangled Inequalities in Transnational Care Chains

Download or read book Entangled Inequalities in Transnational Care Chains written by Anna Katharina Skornia and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2014-10-31 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a multi-sited ethnographic case study on transnational care chains between Milan (Italy) and Lima, Huancayo, and Cuzco (Peru), the book explores how social inequalities are reproduced through the care practices that follow the introduction of Peruvian migrants into home-based elderly care. Anna Katharina Skornia adopts an innovative approach in combining research on transnational care and migration with a perspective on entangled inequalities. In particular, the study sheds light on the role of state regulations in contributing to these inequalities as well as their ambiguous implications from the perspectives of both caregivers and receivers.