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... > social science subjects > sociology > gender and sexuality > gender and society > gender and relationships > global care chain work
... > social science subjects > sociology > gender and sexuality > gender and society > gender and human rights > global care chain work
... > social science subjects > sociology > gender and sexuality > gender and society > gender and economics > global care chain work

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global care chain work  

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  • Sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild first used the term global care chain to describe the export of care work from low-income nations to high-income nations. Care work is the work of attending to others through the provision of physical, moral, and emotional support. [Source: Encyclopedia of Gender and Society; Global Care Chain Work]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-G1772RMN-V

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