ABSTRACT
In recent decades, the increase in global care migrations has drawn attention to new interdependencies and inequalities between individuals, households, and countries. This chapter discusses the global care chains concept based on an analysis of empirical data on social inequalities in care chains between Peru and Italy. It reveals the complex and dynamic reproduction of entangled inequalities in transnational care chains between Peru and Italy. The chapter unveils that inequalities in transnational care chains are a product of interdependencies between global dynamics, political frameworks, and individual action. Global care chains emerge as part of a transnationalization of care regimes. Understanding the emergence of transnational care chains requires a closer look at the link between care and social inequalities. Researchers of global care chains argued that employer households "clearly benefit" from the care provided by migrant workers. For migrant women, the continuous involvement in transnational caregiving has serious implications for their working strategies and conditions.
