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Book SynopsisThe book investigates transnational migration and mobility of women from and within Central-Eastern European countries. It looks at women’s practices and experiences mostly in the service sector where they are in demand as substitutes in stereotypically „women’s work“. The book combines different perspectives: sociological and anthropological studies, comparative policy analysis and historical and statistical evidence and provides new insights into current theoretical debates in migration and gender studies.
Trade ReviewDie europäischen Grenzen haben sich seit dem Fall der Mauer dramatisch verändert und neuartige Migrationsformen wie die Pendelmigration oder die auf temporäre Arbeitsmärkte exakt zugeschnittene 'Just-in-Time‘-Migration hervorgebracht. Der sehr empfehlenswerte Band beleuchtet unterschiedliche Dimensionen dieser sozialen Veränderungsprozesse aus einer konsequenten Genderperspektive und macht die Vielfältigkeit der neuen Migrationsströme von Frauen und Männern im Dienstleistungssektor aus und in mittel- und osteuropäischen Ländern sichtbar. Er integriert international vergleichende Perspektiven, die von Feldforschungen in Polen, in der Türkei, in Deutschland, den Niederlanden, Österreich, Italien und Slowenien berichten. Querelles-net.de November 2009 All the studies are firmly within the feminist paradigm and most are set in the service sector where women are in demand to perform ‘women's work.' For students and researchers in sociology and social anthropology as well as for labour market theorists, they offer valuable insights into the motivations and pressures that underlie the worldwide feminisation of economic migration, the fieldwork having been done in Eastern Europe among women mostly doing domestic work, nursing and care of the elderly. Journal of Contemporary European Studies Vol. 17, No. 2, 293-316 August 2009 Overall this is an excellent volume that brings together ethnographic, qualitative and quantitative data and approaches. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies Vol. 35, No. 9 November 2009
