The development of the nursing profession in a globalised context: a qualitative case study in Kerala, India

In the paper, we are looking at the relationship between globalisation and the professional project, using nursing in Kerala as an exemplar. Our focus is on the intersection of the professional project, gender and globalisation processes. Included in our analysis are the ways in which gender affects...

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Main Authors: Timmons, Stephen, Evans, Catrin, Nair, Sreelekha
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Published: Elsevier 2016
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description In the paper, we are looking at the relationship between globalisation and the professional project, using nursing in Kerala as an exemplar. Our focus is on the intersection of the professional project, gender and globalisation processes. Included in our analysis are the ways in which gender affects the professional project in the global south, and the development of a professional project which it is closely tied to global markets and global migration, revealing the political-economic, historical, and cultural factors that influence the shape and consequences of nurse migration. The phenomenon that enabled our analysis, by showing these forces at work in a particular time and place, was an outbreak of strikes by nurses working in private hospitals in Kerala in 2011–2012.
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spelling nottingham-362412020-05-04T18:07:39Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/36241/ The development of the nursing profession in a globalised context: a qualitative case study in Kerala, India Timmons, Stephen Evans, Catrin Nair, Sreelekha In the paper, we are looking at the relationship between globalisation and the professional project, using nursing in Kerala as an exemplar. Our focus is on the intersection of the professional project, gender and globalisation processes. Included in our analysis are the ways in which gender affects the professional project in the global south, and the development of a professional project which it is closely tied to global markets and global migration, revealing the political-economic, historical, and cultural factors that influence the shape and consequences of nurse migration. The phenomenon that enabled our analysis, by showing these forces at work in a particular time and place, was an outbreak of strikes by nurses working in private hospitals in Kerala in 2011–2012. Elsevier 2016-08-08 Article PeerReviewed Timmons, Stephen, Evans, Catrin and Nair, Sreelekha (2016) The development of the nursing profession in a globalised context: a qualitative case study in Kerala, India. Social Science & Medicine, 166 . pp. 41-48. ISSN 0277-9536 Nursing; Kerala; Sociology; Sociology of professions; Employment; Globalisation http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953616304348 doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.08.012 doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.08.012
spellingShingle Nursing; Kerala; Sociology; Sociology of professions; Employment; Globalisation
Timmons, Stephen
Evans, Catrin
Nair, Sreelekha
The development of the nursing profession in a globalised context: a qualitative case study in Kerala, India
title The development of the nursing profession in a globalised context: a qualitative case study in Kerala, India
title_full The development of the nursing profession in a globalised context: a qualitative case study in Kerala, India
title_fullStr The development of the nursing profession in a globalised context: a qualitative case study in Kerala, India
title_full_unstemmed The development of the nursing profession in a globalised context: a qualitative case study in Kerala, India
title_short The development of the nursing profession in a globalised context: a qualitative case study in Kerala, India
title_sort development of the nursing profession in a globalised context: a qualitative case study in kerala, india
topic Nursing; Kerala; Sociology; Sociology of professions; Employment; Globalisation
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