The professionalization of paid domestic work and its limits: Experiences of Latin American migrants in Brussels

Autores
Pérez, Inés; Stallaert, Christiane
Año de publicación
2016
Idioma
inglés
Tipo de recurso
artículo
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versión publicada
Descripción
In Belgium, a service voucher scheme – known as Titres Services – was launched in 2004 in order to create employment and regularize the labor conditions of domestic workers. The extent to which this scheme has represented an improvement in domestic workers’ labor conditions, however, is still a matter of debate. This article explores the workers’ experience of the changes introduced by this scheme. It focuses on Latin American migrants that are currently working under this scheme in Brussels, situating them in relation to their previous experiences and the experience of other migrants who currently work in the informal market. The authors distinguish two tropes in their informants’ discourse, which describe their ambivalence regarding these changes. Using the Titres Services scheme’s rhetoric, the first one seeks to increase the social status of this occupation by presenting it as a ‘profession’. Contrarily, the second trope highlights the limits to professionalization.
Fil: Pérez, Inés. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata; Argentina
Fil: Stallaert, Christiane. Universiteit Antwerp; Bélgica. Katholikie Universiteit Leuven; Bélgica
Materia
DOMESTIC WORKERS
LABOR REGULARIZATION
MIGRATION
PROFESSIONAL
Nivel de accesibilidad
acceso abierto
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title The professionalization of paid domestic work and its limits: Experiences of Latin American migrants in Brussels
spellingShingle The professionalization of paid domestic work and its limits: Experiences of Latin American migrants in Brussels
Pérez, Inés
DOMESTIC WORKERS
LABOR REGULARIZATION
MIGRATION
PROFESSIONAL
title_short The professionalization of paid domestic work and its limits: Experiences of Latin American migrants in Brussels
title_full The professionalization of paid domestic work and its limits: Experiences of Latin American migrants in Brussels
title_fullStr The professionalization of paid domestic work and its limits: Experiences of Latin American migrants in Brussels
title_full_unstemmed The professionalization of paid domestic work and its limits: Experiences of Latin American migrants in Brussels
title_sort The professionalization of paid domestic work and its limits: Experiences of Latin American migrants in Brussels
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Stallaert, Christiane
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Stallaert, Christiane
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LABOR REGULARIZATION
MIGRATION
PROFESSIONAL
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LABOR REGULARIZATION
MIGRATION
PROFESSIONAL
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dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv In Belgium, a service voucher scheme – known as Titres Services – was launched in 2004 in order to create employment and regularize the labor conditions of domestic workers. The extent to which this scheme has represented an improvement in domestic workers’ labor conditions, however, is still a matter of debate. This article explores the workers’ experience of the changes introduced by this scheme. It focuses on Latin American migrants that are currently working under this scheme in Brussels, situating them in relation to their previous experiences and the experience of other migrants who currently work in the informal market. The authors distinguish two tropes in their informants’ discourse, which describe their ambivalence regarding these changes. Using the Titres Services scheme’s rhetoric, the first one seeks to increase the social status of this occupation by presenting it as a ‘profession’. Contrarily, the second trope highlights the limits to professionalization.
Fil: Pérez, Inés. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata; Argentina
Fil: Stallaert, Christiane. Universiteit Antwerp; Bélgica. Katholikie Universiteit Leuven; Bélgica
description In Belgium, a service voucher scheme – known as Titres Services – was launched in 2004 in order to create employment and regularize the labor conditions of domestic workers. The extent to which this scheme has represented an improvement in domestic workers’ labor conditions, however, is still a matter of debate. This article explores the workers’ experience of the changes introduced by this scheme. It focuses on Latin American migrants that are currently working under this scheme in Brussels, situating them in relation to their previous experiences and the experience of other migrants who currently work in the informal market. The authors distinguish two tropes in their informants’ discourse, which describe their ambivalence regarding these changes. Using the Titres Services scheme’s rhetoric, the first one seeks to increase the social status of this occupation by presenting it as a ‘profession’. Contrarily, the second trope highlights the limits to professionalization.
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