
- Intersections of the migration regime and the care regime
- Kim, Gyuchan
- The University of Sheffield
Title |
Intersections of the migration regime and the care regime
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Sub Title | The South Korean case |
Material Type | Article |
Author(English) |
Kim, Gyuchan |
Publisher |
[Sheffield, U.K.] : The University of Sheffield |
Date | 2016-03 |
Pages | 274 |
Subject Country | South Korea(Asia and Pacific) |
Language | English |
File Type | Link |
Subject | Social Development < Population Social Development < Social Welfare |
Holding | The University of Sheffield |
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Abstract
The thesis investigates the intersections between the migration regime and the care regime in South Korea. The research is designed as an in-depth policy-oriented case study and adopts documentary analysis and expert interviews as research methods. From the mid-1990s Korea’s transition to a migrant destination country within Asia became evident and the migration inflows have been gendered and ethnised as well as classed. In response, Korea has developed a highly instrumental and differential migration regime: circulatory, anti-settlement policies for non-professional labour migrants in general but supportive and integrative for co-ethnic migrants and marriage migrants. Care, on the other hand, has become a major social policy issue since the early 2000s, facing a care crisis represented by population ageing and the low fertility. (The rest omitted)