Multinational Maids - Stepwise Migration in a Global Labor Market (Hardcover)

Multinational Maids offers an in-depth investigation into the international migrations of Filipino and Indonesian migrant domestic workers. The author taps on her rigorous study of more than 1,200 subjects' migration trajectories to reveal how these migrants work in a series of overseas countries to improve their lives and, in some cases, seek permanent residence in another country. Challenging the portrayal of Asian migrant domestic workers as victims of globalization, Multinational Maids reveals migrants' agency and strategic thinking under conditions of constraint. At the market level, the establishment of guestworker programmes for migrant domestic workers in multiple countries has created a global labor market. A transnational diaspora shapes migrants' evolving destination imaginaries, while manpower recruitment and placement agencies create transnational mobility structures. In addition, differing destination hierarchies and degrees of access to resources lead to the adoption of divergent stepwise trajectories. Written in an accessible manner, Multinational Maids appeals to migration scholars, policymakers, activists and students.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2017
Authors:	Anju Mary Paul
Dimensions:	235 x 157 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	410
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-19089-4
Categories:	Books > Law > International law > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General
LSN:	1-107-19089-4
Barcode:	9781107190894

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