ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The contributors of the book offers richly nuanced ethical, political and legal analyses and critiques of the treatment of migrant women workers in liberal democracies by drawing on an array of disciplinary perspectives, including those of anthropology, economics, gender studies, geography, history, law, philosophy, political science and sociology. The border-crossing experience of women workers is a function of their official status. The thematic approach taken in this book is akin to that adopted by, but the original works presented here cover female care workers, domestic workers, health-care workers and farmworkers. Using the case of Albanian care workers and domestic workers employed in Greece, author considers the paradox facing female migrant workers from the global South whose home nations are presently performing better and have brighter economic prospects than the European Union (EU) nations they migrated to for work.
