Migrant Female Domestic Workers: Debating the Economic, Social and Political Impacts in Singapore
Migrant Female Domestic Workers: Debating the Economic, Social and Political Impacts in Singapore
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移徙女佣：讨论新加坡的经济、社会和政治影响
DOI：
10.1177/019791839903300105
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发表时间：
1999
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Joaquin Gonzalez
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文献类型：
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作者：
B. Yeoh;Shirlena Huang;Joaquin Gonzalez
作为一个劳动力短缺的小城邦国家，拥有超过 10 万外籍家庭佣工（主要来自菲律宾、印度尼西亚和斯里兰卡），每 8 个家庭就有一名外籍女佣，新加坡提供了一个案例研究：外籍女佣被视为经济必需品，但也带来了重要的社会后果和政治影响。本文首先简要审视与女佣有关的跨国劳务移民的国家政策，然后探讨公共话语和私人账户中关于外籍女佣对一系列问题的影响的争论，包括女性参与劳动力市场；日常生活的社会再生产，包括家庭负担的下放和年轻人的养育；公共场所中存在外国人“飞地”；以及东道国和派遣国之间的双边关系。报告的结论是，跨国劳务移民是一种多方面的现象，对生活的各个领域产生重要影响，因此需要有关当局采取积极的政策干预。
As a small labor-short city-state with over 100,000 migrant domestic workers mainly from the Philippines, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka and amounting to one foreign maid to every eight households, Singapore provides a case study of a country where foreign maids are seen as an economic necessity but not without important social consequences and political ramifications. Beginning with a brief examination of state policy on transnational labor migration relating to female domestic workers, this article goes on to explore the debates within public discourse as well as private accounts on the impact of foreign maids on a range of issues, including female participation in the workforce; the social reproduction of everyday life including the delegation of the domestic burden and the upbringing of the young; the presence of “enclaves” of foreign nationals in public space; and bilateral relations between host and sending countries. It concludes that the transnational labor migration is a multifaceted phenomenon with important repercussions on all spheres of life, hence requiring dynamic policy intervention on the part of the authorities concerned.