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Caring or Complaining? Emotional Management and Performative Legal Consciousness Among Undocumented Domestic Workers in Belgium

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Social & Legal Studies

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Abstract

Social & Legal Studies, Volume 35, Issue 4, Page 461-484, August 2026.
This article draws on the concepts of legal consciousness and emotional management to examine how trade union affiliated undocumented domestic workers in Brussels interpret and respond to workplace abuse. It introduces the concept of ‘performative legal ...