---
_id: '66281'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: '<jats:p>Although care and care work have always formed a theme of fundamental
    social significance, neither has had much social recognition nor sociological
    attention commensurate with this importance. In this Current Sociology monograph
    we want to move the discussion forward towards a global sociology of care and
    care work. The contributions focus on both theoretical and empirical studies about
    care relations and their global interrelations. To shed light on the dynamics
    that characterise the social organisation of care and care work, the monograph
    has been structured around three significant tendencies in the international sociology
    of care: (a) the marketisation and the de-commodification of care and care work;
    (b) the transnationalisation of labour and policies; and (c) new forms of governance
    and social statehood. The articles in this monograph present state of the art
    research reflecting on the care-situation, -arrangements and -regimes all over
    the globe.</jats:p>'
author:
- first_name: Brigitte
  full_name: Aulenbacher, Brigitte
  last_name: Aulenbacher
- first_name: Helma
  full_name: Lutz, Helma
  last_name: Lutz
- first_name: Birgitt
  full_name: Riegraf, Birgitt
  id: '22563'
  last_name: Riegraf
citation:
  ama: 'Aulenbacher B, Lutz H, Riegraf B. Introduction: Towards a global sociology
    of care and care work. <i>Current Sociology</i>. 2018;66(4):495-502. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/0011392118765245">10.1177/0011392118765245</a>'
  apa: 'Aulenbacher, B., Lutz, H., &#38; Riegraf, B. (2018). Introduction: Towards
    a global sociology of care and care work. <i>Current Sociology</i>, <i>66</i>(4),
    495–502. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/0011392118765245">https://doi.org/10.1177/0011392118765245</a>'
  bibtex: '@article{Aulenbacher_Lutz_Riegraf_2018, title={Introduction: Towards a
    global sociology of care and care work}, volume={66}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/0011392118765245">10.1177/0011392118765245</a>},
    number={4}, journal={Current Sociology}, publisher={SAGE Publications}, author={Aulenbacher,
    Brigitte and Lutz, Helma and Riegraf, Birgitt}, year={2018}, pages={495–502} }'
  chicago: 'Aulenbacher, Brigitte, Helma Lutz, and Birgitt Riegraf. “Introduction:
    Towards a Global Sociology of Care and Care Work.” <i>Current Sociology</i> 66,
    no. 4 (2018): 495–502. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/0011392118765245">https://doi.org/10.1177/0011392118765245</a>.'
  ieee: 'B. Aulenbacher, H. Lutz, and B. Riegraf, “Introduction: Towards a global
    sociology of care and care work,” <i>Current Sociology</i>, vol. 66, no. 4, pp.
    495–502, 2018, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/0011392118765245">10.1177/0011392118765245</a>.'
  mla: 'Aulenbacher, Brigitte, et al. “Introduction: Towards a Global Sociology of
    Care and Care Work.” <i>Current Sociology</i>, vol. 66, no. 4, SAGE Publications,
    2018, pp. 495–502, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/0011392118765245">10.1177/0011392118765245</a>.'
  short: B. Aulenbacher, H. Lutz, B. Riegraf, Current Sociology 66 (2018) 495–502.
date_created: 2026-07-06T10:45:05Z
date_updated: 2026-07-06T11:26:59Z
doi: 10.1177/0011392118765245
intvolume: '        66'
issue: '4'
language:
- iso: eng
page: 495-502
publication: Current Sociology
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 0011-3921
  - 1461-7064
publication_status: published
publisher: SAGE Publications
related_material:
  link:
  - relation: confirmation
    url: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0011392118765245
status: public
title: 'Introduction: Towards a global sociology of care and care work'
type: journal_article
user_id: '22563'
volume: 66
year: '2018'
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