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@article{ART002554274},
author={Theresa W. Devasahayam and Rossarin Gray},
title={And The State Will Prevail: The Elder Caregiver Sector in Singapore and Thailand},
journal={SUVANNABHUMI},
issn={2092-738X},
year={2020},
volume={12},
number={1},
pages={89-110},
doi={10.22801/svn.2020.12.1.89}

TY - JOUR
AU - Theresa W. Devasahayam
AU - Rossarin Gray
TI - And The State Will Prevail: The Elder Caregiver Sector in Singapore and Thailand
JO - SUVANNABHUMI
PY - 2020
VL - 12
IS - 1
PB - Korea Institute for ASEAN Studies
SP - 89
EP - 110
SN - 2092-738X
AB - Singapore and Thailand have been rapidly ageing. There has been a growing demand for eldercarers in the home-setting for which migrant domestic workers have filled the role. This paper examines the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Consensus governing women migrant workers entering the eldercare sector. It argues that because the ASEAN Consensus is not legally binding, it only serves to reinforce the sovereignty of states in the treatment of migrant workers instead of member states acting in unison to ensure labour protections for this group; as a result, Singapore and Thailand do not feel the need to step up protections for this group of workers according to national labor laws and hence low-skilled women migrant workers entering the eldercare sector continue to be vulnerable to labour abuses. Thus as with globalization, the ASEAN Economic Community manifests the paradox of borders: that while states are economically interconnected and interdependent, they are simultaneously disconnected and independent from each other.
KW - ageing;migrant domestic workers;ASEAN Consensus;Singapore;Thailand.
DO - 10.22801/svn.2020.12.1.89
ER -

Theresa W. Devasahayam and Rossarin Gray. (2020). And The State Will Prevail: The Elder Caregiver Sector in Singapore and Thailand. SUVANNABHUMI, 12(1), 89-110.

Theresa W. Devasahayam and Rossarin Gray. 2020, "And The State Will Prevail: The Elder Caregiver Sector in Singapore and Thailand", SUVANNABHUMI, vol.12, no.1 pp.89-110. Available from: doi:10.22801/svn.2020.12.1.89

Theresa W. Devasahayam, Rossarin Gray "And The State Will Prevail: The Elder Caregiver Sector in Singapore and Thailand" SUVANNABHUMI 12.1 pp.89-110 (2020) : 89.

Theresa W. Devasahayam, Rossarin Gray. And The State Will Prevail: The Elder Caregiver Sector in Singapore and Thailand. 2020; 12(1), 89-110. Available from: doi:10.22801/svn.2020.12.1.89

Theresa W. Devasahayam and Rossarin Gray. "And The State Will Prevail: The Elder Caregiver Sector in Singapore and Thailand" SUVANNABHUMI 12, no.1 (2020) : 89-110.doi: 10.22801/svn.2020.12.1.89

Theresa W. Devasahayam; Rossarin Gray. And The State Will Prevail: The Elder Caregiver Sector in Singapore and Thailand. SUVANNABHUMI, 12(1), 89-110. doi: 10.22801/svn.2020.12.1.89

Theresa W. Devasahayam; Rossarin Gray. And The State Will Prevail: The Elder Caregiver Sector in Singapore and Thailand. SUVANNABHUMI. 2020; 12(1) 89-110. doi: 10.22801/svn.2020.12.1.89

Theresa W. Devasahayam, Rossarin Gray. And The State Will Prevail: The Elder Caregiver Sector in Singapore and Thailand. 2020; 12(1), 89-110. Available from: doi:10.22801/svn.2020.12.1.89

Theresa W. Devasahayam and Rossarin Gray. "And The State Will Prevail: The Elder Caregiver Sector in Singapore and Thailand" SUVANNABHUMI 12, no.1 (2020) : 89-110.doi: 10.22801/svn.2020.12.1.89