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Fragil und prekär? Private Care-Arbeit in der Schweiz / Insecure and precarious? Private care work in Switzerland

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  • Hettlage Raphaela

    (FHS St.Gallen, Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Fachbereich Soziale Arbeit Rosenbergstraße 59 CH-9001 St.Gallen)

  • Baghdadi Nadia

    (FHS St.Gallen, Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Fachbereich Soziale Arbeit Rosenbergstraße 59 CH-9001 St.Gallen)

Abstract

As a consequence of demographic change and ongoing orientation towards the adult worker model individual care for children and elderly people is being outsourced to migrant care workers. It is well known that working conditions for migrant care workers are often poor, even precarious. However, in this article we investigate questions of insecurities and precarization for both parties of the so-called care-arrangements. We argue that the fragility of care-arrangements can affect both: migrant care workers as well as their employers. Social practice of care within private households reflects perceived insecurity for employees and employers.

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  • Hettlage Raphaela & Baghdadi Nadia, 2013. "Fragil und prekär? Private Care-Arbeit in der Schweiz / Insecure and precarious? Private care work in Switzerland," Arbeit, De Gruyter, vol. 22(3), pages 212-223, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:arbeit:v:22:y:2013:i:3:p:212-223:n:6
    DOI: 10.1515/arbeit-2013-0306
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