SOAN 3100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Parental Leave, Social Reproduction, Positive Force

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SOAN 3100
• Professor: Nichole Edwards

Document Summary

Since then, largely women (numbers hard to pin down due to illegal. (cid:883)95(cid:882)(cid:495)s-70s man were predominant in labour migration. Demand- fuelled by women(cid:495)s increased participation in labour force, in the west increased life expectancy, family structure changes; shortage of public care (why we have demand for these workers) Supply- fuelled by desire to escape poverty; economic inequalities between high and low income countries; instabilities that relate to gender- related factors like abuse, family, conflict etc. Typically women head to nearest comparatively rich country. Importance of remittances- the $ that she gives back to her family (home country) (cid:498) a series of personal links between ppl across the globe based on the paid and unpaid work of caring (cid:523)coined by arlie (oschchild(cid:524)(cid:499) Diverting motherhood, importing maternal love, outsourcing social reproduction. Consider analogy of breadwinner/housewife- global north/global south. Commodifying care work may solve care crisis in north at the expense of creating a care crisis in south.