Working at Others' Homes: The Specifics and Challenges of Paid Domestic Work

The essays in this volume address some of the complicated terrains and uncharted territories of paid domestic work. They reflect upon and analyse the phenomenal increase in the demand for domestic work and the trend of feminization in this occupation during a period of the overall decline in female employment. The volume brings together different accounts which point to the specificity of paid domestic work as gendered housework that underlines and defines work arrangements and labour relations. It also documents and analyses various organizational and legal initiatives around domestic work, thus offering interesting insights for future interventions, in terms of both policy and advocacy.