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Gender, Care and Migration in East Asia

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Editors:
  1. Reiko Ogawa

    1. Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

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  2. Raymond K.H. Chan

    1. City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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  3. Akiko S. Oishi

    1. Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

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  4. Lih-Rong Wang

    1. National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

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  • Assesses how care work and provision is gendered in individual countries such as Japan, Taiwan, Korea and Hong Kong
  • Discusses immigrant care policy in East Asia and illustrates the social exclusion experienced by immigrant care workers
  • Combines a macro and micro perspectives to provide a comprehensive picture of the background, implementation and consequence of immigrant care worker policies in different countries

Part of the book series: Series in Asian Labor and Welfare Policies (Series in Asian Labor and Welfare Policies)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction: Situating Gender, Care, and Migration in East Asia

    • Reiko Ogawa, Akiko S. Oishi, Raymond K. H. Chan, Lih-Rong Wang
    Pages 1-22

  3. Gendered Care in East Asian Societies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
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    2. The Double Burden of Care in Hong Kong: Implications for Care Policies and Arrangements

      • Raymond K. H. Chan, Priscilla Y. K. Wong
      Pages 25-45

    3. Family Caregiving by Elderly Korean Women and Their Quality of Life

      • Ju Hyun Kim
      Pages 47-67

    4. Married Daughters’ Support to Their Parents and Parents-in-Law in Japan

      • Yoshimi Chitose
      Pages 69-94

  4. The Well-Being of Migrant Care Workers: Micro-Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
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    2. Familization of Indonesian Domestic Workers in Singapore

      • Marcus Yu Lung Chiu
      Pages 97-116

    3. Investigating the Well-Being of Migrant Care Workers in Taiwan from the Perspective of Social Inclusion

      • Lih-Rong Wang, Michael P. H. Liu
      Pages 117-136

  5. Migration and Care Regimes in East Asia: Macro-Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137
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    2. Creating a Gendered-Racialized Care Labor Market: Migrant Labor Policy and the Transformation of Care Work in Taiwan

      • Li-Fang Liang
      Pages 139-156

    3. Who Pays the Cost and Who Receives the Benefit? Comparing Migration Policies for Care Workers in Japan and Taiwan

      • Kunio Tsubota
      Pages 157-179

    4. Care and Migration Regimes in Japan, Taiwan, and Korea

      • Reiko Ogawa
      Pages 181-204

    5. Conclusion: Agenda and Action Beyond Gendered Care and Migration

      • Akiko S. Oishi, Reiko Ogawa, Raymond K. H. Chan, Lih-Rong Wang
      Pages 205-213

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 215-222
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About this book

This collection provides a comparative analysis of care arrangements in relation to issues of gender and transnational migration, social policy and labour migration in East Asia. Bridging the key topics of migration and gendered cared work through cross country comparisons, it examines how care work and welfare arrangements have been shaped by national and global forces against the backdrop of changing gender relationships, the rise of female labour force participation, low fertility rates and population aging in East Asia. It particularly addresses the ‘feminization of migration’ which is a salient feature of migration in Asia today as more women from developing countries undertake domestic work and care work in Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and Hong Kong. Addressing the issue of care in relation to employment, care and migration regimes in East Asia and the interaction among welfare regimes, labour markets and work-care balance, this collection provides an up-to-date assessment of gendered transnational migration in the region and sheds light on local and transnational policies and practices which aim to improve the welfare of families and migrant workers.






Editors and Affiliations

  • Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

    Reiko Ogawa, Akiko S. Oishi

  • City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Raymond K.H. Chan

  • National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Lih-Rong Wang

About the editors

Reiko Ogawa is Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Social Sciences, Chiba University, Japan.


Raymond K H Chan is Associate Professor  at the Department of Applied Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong.



Akiko S Oishi is Professor at the Graduate School of Social Sciences, Chiba University.


Lih-Rong Wang is Professor at the Department of Social Work, National Taiwan University. 



Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Gender, Care and Migration in East Asia

  • Editors: Reiko Ogawa, Raymond K.H. Chan, Akiko S. Oishi, Lih-Rong Wang

  • Series Title: Series in Asian Labor and Welfare Policies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7025-9

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-7024-2Published: 25 January 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4988-1Published: 23 December 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-7025-9Published: 12 December 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2730-7956

  • Series E-ISSN: 2730-7964

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 222

  • Number of Illustrations: 41 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Politics of the Welfare State, Gender Studies, Migration, Social Policy

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