The transfer of care results in a care deficit in the bottom of the chain and a care surplus in the top. Global care chains constitute a transfer of emotions as well as of labor. Baran memorial award for original work regarding the political economy of imperialism, value chains examines the exploitation of labor in the global south. Role of governments in the global economy robert kuttner.
Introduction global care chains are a theoretical concept established by hochschild 2000 to describe the growing trend of. Global care chains international association of law schools. The movement of these workers is an important topic for research and policy development since the number of international migrants around the world has grown substantially since the 1990s. Social networks, mobile lives and social inequalities. In global commodity chains these processing elements are presented as clearly defined stages organised sequentially. Female hysteria, invisibilized labour, and the kafala system. Global care chains and emotional surplus value southern. Global capitalism affects whatever it touches, and it touches virtually everything, including global care chains a series of personal links between people. We explore the new trend of outsourcing care for the elderly to countries with lower wages. Globalization and the new millennium, edited by tony giddens and will hutton, london. Reproductive crisis and sexual control in the ethnic frontiers of taiwan.
Life trajectories of migrant care workers in the longterm. Such care chains may be local, national, or global. A global care chain is a globalized labor market for workers who provide care intensive labor, such as childcare, eldercare and healthcare. Global value chains gvcs are a key feature of the global economy in the 21st century.
Emphasizing the complex, multifaceted care production processes that involve multiple actors and settings and unfold over time, yeates argued. These care chains are seen as reinforcing uneven development globally, extracting care labour as emotional surplus value from the global south while children in the global north get surplus love hochschild, 2000. A former teacher in the philippines, she migrated to the united states to work as a housekeeper and nanny to the twoyearold son of a wealthy family in. The term was coined by the feminist sociologist arlie hochschild. Mar 08, 2000 vicky diaz is a 34yearold mother of five.
Global care chains, commodity chains, value, care 1. Introduction global care chains are a theoretical concept established by hochschild 2000 to describe the growing trend of women migrating to perform care and socially reproductive work. Information technology and global capitalism 52 paul a. Type chapter authors ar hochschild page start page end 146 is part of book title on the edge. Shared item from m141845 gender and development university of. It is perhaps in the global care chain that we can see most. Type chapter authors a r hochschild date 2000 page start page end 146 is part of book title on the edge. This is an essay of the writing workshop gender and the economy perspectives of feminist economics, published on 27 july 2017. This article ties in with existing discussions on global care chains, family separation and the devaluation of social. Dec 14, 2020 global care chains and emotional surplus value. Jan 18, 2017 this term, global care chain was first used by arlie hochschild to refer to a series of personal links between people across the globe based on the paid or unpaid work of caring hochschild, arlie russell. Abdul wahab suri, lectures karachi university, capitalism, international agencies, international organization, regionalism international organization, united states, history, commerce, empires, and commonwealths, the united nations, other international organizations, the european union, comparative government, comparative. Global care chains in context this work on global care chains is one example of a large number of studies that have grappled with globalisation processes through an examination of the international migration of female domestic workers, in particular nannies e.
Care, work and the creation of value in the pandemic. Abdul wahab suri, lectures karachi university, capitalism, international agencies. Some cares chains are based on the object of care others on the subjects of care. Global care chains, commodity chains, and the valuation of. Global care chains, refugee crisis, and deskilling of workers. Find ings further d e m o n s t r a t e t h a t t h i s g l o b a. It is perhaps in the global care chain that we can see. Inequality and the global economy 93 vandana shiva the world on the edge 112 arlie russell hochschild global care chains and emotional surplus value robert kuttner the role of governments in the global economy 147 ulrich beck living your own life in a runaway world. Global care chains and emotional surplus value in on the edge. Hochschild argues that such chains are a mechanism for extracting emotional surplus value. The study of global care chains most often considers asian migration within asia. Rather than focusing strictly on how surplus value is captured in the global. Care chains and emotional surplus value, in hutton, w. The term global care chain was first used by arlie hochschild to refer to a series of.
Within such chains, hochschild argues that surplus value is siphoned from the. Aug 11, 2017 global care chains and emotional surplus value. Global care chains are networks of transnational dimensions that. These networks are comprised of households which transfer their care giving tasks from one to another on the basis of power axes, such as gender, ethnicity, social class, and place of origin. Common crawl crossing borders ii also includes an initial exploration and analysis of the issue of global care chains. Global care chains and emotional surplus value scinapse.
By challenging the idea that emotional surplus value is transferred solely from periphery countries to core countries, and by arguing for a. Care work huang major reference works wiley online. Type chapter authors a r hochschild date 2000 page start page end 146 is. Abdul wahab suri, lectures karachi university, capitalism, international agencies, international organization, regionalism international organization, united states, history, commerce, empires, and commonwealths, the united nations, other international organizations, the european union, comparative government, comparative government, social issues, values. Request pdf global care chains this article critically examines the utility of the.
An ageing population in europe is currently putting pressure on longterm care services, creating demand for foreign workers. More complex versions start in one poor country and extend to another slightly less poor country and then link to a rich country. Volcker the sea of global finance 75 george soros the new global financial architecture 86 jeff faux and larry mishel inequality and the global economy 93 vandana shiva the world on the edge 112 arlie russell hochschild global care chains and emotional surplus value robert kuttner. Global entanglements and embodied practices in longterm care in southeast italy this article explores the success of the migrant in the family model of care for the elderly in southeast italy and the mechanisms that bond the caregivers and their patients in a mutual dependency. Female hysteria, invisibilized labour, and the kafala. Dec 19, 2001 a global care chain might start in a poor country and end in a rich one, or it might link rural and urban areas within the same poor country. Inequality and the global economy jeff faux and larry mishel. Hochschild, ar 2000 global care chains and emotional surplus value. Global care chains and emotional surplus value in william hutton and. Global care chains and emotional surplus value arlie russell hochschild. Global care chains, commodity chains, and the valuation of care. Awardwinning book showcases case studies uncovering the exploitation of labor and class in the global south. Global care chains, refugee crisis, and deskilling of workers author. Emotions, social networks and digital media in the.
Using a lifecourse perspective, this article aims to contribute to the understanding of how life trajectories shape decisions about migration and employment in social care. In addition, the monetary value attained from the work decreases down the chain and the last step with another family member assuming care is typically unpaid. Intimate frictions emotions and economies in filipino. Although the care chains approach was intended as a response. They show how international investment and trade create crossborder production networks that link countries. Mar 01, 2012 female labour is central to global care chains, with women supplying their own care labour while consuming other womens paid and unpaid care labour across the globe. Abdul wahab suri, the possibility of meta history 2007. The transnational transfer of caring labor from women in the global north to migrant women from the global south, who in turn depend on their fellow countrywomen to fill the care gap they have left behind, has created what has been described as global care chains for care. Global care chains organisational communication blog. The concept is explained and explored in a short paper by nicola yates, the global care chain. Global care chains and emotional surplus value taylor. The transnational transfer of caring labor from women in the global north to migrant women from the global south, who in turn depend on their fellow countrywomen to fill the care gap they have left behind, has created what has been described as global care chains for care workers hochschild 2000.
Over the last few years, various research projects have taken the care drain and care chain concepts as points of reference and. Abdul wahab suri, the possibility of metahistory 2007, dr. Global care chains and emotional surplus values university. Vicky diaz a pseudonym is a 34yearold motheroffive. Global care chains are networks of transnational dimensions that are formed for the purpose of maintaining daily life. However, yeates argues for the need to broaden the focus of global care chains to include migrant care workers of different skill and occupational levels. Jan 18, 2012 hochschild argues that the winners are families at the top of this global care chain, who buy care work and additionally gain what she calls emotional surplus value. At the other end of this global care chain, however, are families in the sending countries, in particular children and elderly people in need of care, who pay the social and emotional cost of the deficit of care and emotional work.
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