Globalization and Migrant Workers
Globalization and Migrant Domestic Workers Who cares?
Name: E.L.Hamming Student number: 1159666 Master: International and European Law University of Groningen Faculty of Law Supervisor: dr. P.C.J.H.M.Rusman Department: Legal Theory Section: Political Science June 5th 2007
Acknowledgments
I would like to thank Sjoukje Botman, Marina de Regt and Sarah van Walsum for their time and energy. Your work, thoughts and knowledge have helped me to stay motivated and finish this project. Thank you.
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Globalization & Migrant Domestic Workers
Acknowledgements 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 2. 2.1 2.2 2.2.1 2.2.2 2.3 2.3.1 2.3.2 2.4 2.4.1 2.4.2 2.5 3. 3.1 3.2 3.2.1 3.2.2 3.2.3 3.3 3.3.1 3.3.2 3.3.3 Globalization & Migrant Domestic Workers Introduction Thesis Outline What we do, How we think & Who we are Introduction ‘What we do’ What is globalization? Globalization as neo-liberal restructuring ‘How we think’ Globalization theories Main positivist and post-positivist approaches ‘Who we are’ Globalization and identity formation Techno Muscular Capitalism and its intimate other Summary A Relational Thinking Approach to Neo-Liberal Restructuring Introduction Relational Thinking Criticism towards mainstream theories Feminisms RPV-framing & Triad analytics Neo-liberal restructuring Privatization, deregulation and cutbacks in public spending Informalization, flexibilization and commodification A growing demand for migrant domestic services
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3.4 3.4.1 3.4.2 3.4.3 3.4.4 3.5 4. 4.1 4.2 4.2.1 4.2.2 4.2.3 4.2.4 4.3 4.3.1 4.3.2 4.4 4.4.1 4.4.2 4.4.3 4.5 5.
Migrant domestic services Domestic labor Private and informal The state and migration policies Economic value and social attitudes Summary The Dutch market for domestic services Introduction Paid and unpaid labor in Dutch households The division between paid and unpaid labor within the household Growing formal labor market participation Unpaid labor by
Name: E.L.Hamming Student number: 1159666 Master: International and European Law University of Groningen Faculty of Law Supervisor: dr. P.C.J.H.M.Rusman Department: Legal Theory Section: Political Science June 5th 2007
Acknowledgments
I would like to thank Sjoukje Botman, Marina de Regt and Sarah van Walsum for their time and energy. Your work, thoughts and knowledge have helped me to stay motivated and finish this project. Thank you.
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Globalization & Migrant Domestic Workers
Acknowledgements 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 2. 2.1 2.2 2.2.1 2.2.2 2.3 2.3.1 2.3.2 2.4 2.4.1 2.4.2 2.5 3. 3.1 3.2 3.2.1 3.2.2 3.2.3 3.3 3.3.1 3.3.2 3.3.3 Globalization & Migrant Domestic Workers Introduction Thesis Outline What we do, How we think & Who we are Introduction ‘What we do’ What is globalization? Globalization as neo-liberal restructuring ‘How we think’ Globalization theories Main positivist and post-positivist approaches ‘Who we are’ Globalization and identity formation Techno Muscular Capitalism and its intimate other Summary A Relational Thinking Approach to Neo-Liberal Restructuring Introduction Relational Thinking Criticism towards mainstream theories Feminisms RPV-framing & Triad analytics Neo-liberal restructuring Privatization, deregulation and cutbacks in public spending Informalization, flexibilization and commodification A growing demand for migrant domestic services
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3.4 3.4.1 3.4.2 3.4.3 3.4.4 3.5 4. 4.1 4.2 4.2.1 4.2.2 4.2.3 4.2.4 4.3 4.3.1 4.3.2 4.4 4.4.1 4.4.2 4.4.3 4.5 5.
Migrant domestic services Domestic labor Private and informal The state and migration policies Economic value and social attitudes Summary The Dutch market for domestic services Introduction Paid and unpaid labor in Dutch households The division between paid and unpaid labor within the household Growing formal labor market participation Unpaid labor by