The Exploitation of Caring Communities: The Elder Care Crisis in Germany
Against the background of a crisis of elder care in Germany, this article examines the expansion of informal elder care work in terms of exploitation. A concept of indirect exploitation is used that takes into account the special characteristics of highly feminised elder care work and Germany’s elde...
Main Author: | Tine Haubner |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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McMaster University Library Press
2020-05-01
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Series: | Global Labour Journal |
Online Access: | https://mulpress.mcmaster.ca/globallabour/article/view/4090 |
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