abstract: 'Scholars have highlighted the multiple dimensions of care and its

  intersections with migratory patterns to collectively show that there

  are wide-ranging and sometimes unintended consequences to the global

  intensification of migrant care labor. This article focuses not on

  migrant workers themselves, nor on people who hire them. Instead, it

  throws into the mix a class of people who do not have access to migrant

  care workers, but who nonetheless live in a society where norms and

  standards are set by people who do. I argue that under the current

  work-care-migration regime in Singapore, low-income families'' needs are

  overlooked. As feminist scholars and activists challenge existing state

  policies, societal norms, and corporate practices, we must continually

  insert into conversation the question of class variations and

  inequalities. The article makes the case for an expanded view in

  thinking about the effects of paid domestic work on public policy and

  the wellbeing of various groups in society and along the global care

  chain.'
affiliation: 'Teo, Y (Corresponding Author), Nanyang Technol Univ, Sociol, 14 Nanyang
  Dr, Singapore 637332, Singapore.

  Teo, Youyenn, Nanyang Technol Univ, Singapore, Singapore.'
author: Teo, Youyenn
author-email: yyteo@ntu.edu.sg
author_list:
- family: Teo
  given: Youyenn
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1177/0896920517748498
eissn: 1569-1632
files: []
issn: 0896-9205
journal: CRITICAL SOCIOLOGY
keywords: 'class inequalities; domestic labor; global care chain; migration;

  poverty; public policy; Singapore'
keywords-plus: DOMESTIC WORKERS; POLICIES; GENDER; DIVISION; BALANCE; WOMEN
language: English
month: NOV
number: 7-8
number-of-cited-references: '67'
orcid-numbers: Teo, Youyenn/0000-0002-9972-4417
pages: 1133-1146
papis_id: 9c36843bfd46fbc3ab71dda236604942
ref: Teo2018whosefamily
times-cited: '1'
title: Whose Family Matters? Work-Care-Migration Regimes and Class Inequalities in
  Singapore
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000450352500010
usage-count-last-180-days: '2'
usage-count-since-2013: '15'
volume: '44'
web-of-science-categories: Sociology
year: '2018'