Multinational maids : stepwise migration in a global labor market

Summary: 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 programs 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.

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ISBN: 9781107190894
ISBN: 1107190894
ISBN: 9781316641378
ISBN: 9781108130974
ISBN: 9781108130561
ISBN: 9781108129732
ISBN: 9781108120357
ISBN: 1316641376
ISBN: 1108130976
ISBN: 1108130569
ISBN: 1108129730
ISBN: 1108120350
Physical Description: 1 online resource
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Publisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Copyright: ©2017

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString.july.24 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Part I. The context -- Key concepts in stepwise international labor migration -- Origin stories -- Global but uneven : the market for migrant domestic workers -- Part II. The actors -- Stepwise journeys, compared, and contrasted -- The world according to migrant domestic workers -- Inside the stepwise migrant's suitcase -- The agents of stepwise migration -- Part III. The aftermath -- The end of the road.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by EBSCO.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.