Filipino nurses as enablers of the future welfare state: the global commodity chains of producing racialized care labour for ageing Finland
In the current policy environment in Finland, labour migration is portrayed as a solution for the sustenance of the ageing welfare state. However, foreign professional qualifications are generally less valued than those of native-born citizens, particularly for racialized migrants coming from outsid...
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| description | In the current policy environment in Finland, labour migration is portrayed as a solution for the sustenance of the ageing welfare state. However, foreign professional qualifications are generally less valued than those of native-born citizens, particularly for racialized migrants coming from outside the 'west'. Such devaluation of human capital is prevalent in nursing, where the menial basic care has turned into a 'migrant's job', whereas clinical work is left for those considered as 'natives'. In this chapter, we examine how the Filipino registered nurses' professional skills are systematically devalued, as they are recruited to Finnish eldercare as enablers of the future welfare state. We demonstrate how Filipino nurses are produced as highly skilled export commodities in the Philippines, only to be deskilled upon entry to the Finnish labour markets as embedded in the EU. In conclusion, we outline policy measures that would make the transnational recruitment processes more ethical. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1012542023-07-11T13:57:34Z Filipino nurses as enablers of the future welfare state: the global commodity chains of producing racialized care labour for ageing Finland Kettunen, Pauli Pellander, Saara Tervonen, Miika Filipino nurse migration, global commodity chains, Filipino nurse education, international nurse recruitment, racialized care work, ageing welfare state JKS In the current policy environment in Finland, labour migration is portrayed as a solution for the sustenance of the ageing welfare state. However, foreign professional qualifications are generally less valued than those of native-born citizens, particularly for racialized migrants coming from outside the 'west'. Such devaluation of human capital is prevalent in nursing, where the menial basic care has turned into a 'migrant's job', whereas clinical work is left for those considered as 'natives'. In this chapter, we examine how the Filipino registered nurses' professional skills are systematically devalued, as they are recruited to Finnish eldercare as enablers of the future welfare state. We demonstrate how Filipino nurses are produced as highly skilled export commodities in the Philippines, only to be deskilled upon entry to the Finnish labour markets as embedded in the EU. In conclusion, we outline policy measures that would make the transnational recruitment processes more ethical. 2023-07-11T13:57:32Z 2023-07-11T13:57:32Z 2022-01-11 chapter https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/101254 eng image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/nationalism-and-democracy-in-the-welfare-state-9781788976572.html https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap-oa/book/9781788976589/book-part-9781788976589-19.xml Edward Elgar Publishing Edward Elgar Publishing https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788976589.00019 https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788976589.00019 01ceac28-75b4-492a-8eec-f9b98bc6b28c https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Edward Elgar Publishing Cheltenham, UK open access |
| spellingShingle | Filipino nurse migration, global commodity chains, Filipino nurse education, international nurse recruitment, racialized care work, ageing welfare state JKS Filipino nurses as enablers of the future welfare state: the global commodity chains of producing racialized care labour for ageing Finland |
| title | Filipino nurses as enablers of the future welfare state: the global commodity chains of producing racialized care labour for ageing Finland |
| title_full | Filipino nurses as enablers of the future welfare state: the global commodity chains of producing racialized care labour for ageing Finland |
| title_fullStr | Filipino nurses as enablers of the future welfare state: the global commodity chains of producing racialized care labour for ageing Finland |
| title_full_unstemmed | Filipino nurses as enablers of the future welfare state: the global commodity chains of producing racialized care labour for ageing Finland |
| title_short | Filipino nurses as enablers of the future welfare state: the global commodity chains of producing racialized care labour for ageing Finland |
| title_sort | filipino nurses as enablers of the future welfare state the global commodity chains of producing racialized care labour for ageing finland |
| topic | Filipino nurse migration, global commodity chains, Filipino nurse education, international nurse recruitment, racialized care work, ageing welfare state JKS |
| topic_facet | Filipino nurse migration, global commodity chains, Filipino nurse education, international nurse recruitment, racialized care work, ageing welfare state JKS |
| url | https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/101254 |