Hannah Lewis, Peter Dwyer, Stuart Hodkinson

Precarious lives

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Produktbeschreibung

Engaging with contemporary debates about precarity, unfreedom and socio-legal status, this ground breaking book presents the first evidence of forced labour among displaced migrants who seek refuge in the UK.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Policy Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 498g
• ISBN-13: 9781447306900
• ISBN-10: 1447306902
• Artikelnr.: 40582369

Autorenporträt

Dr Hannah Lewis is Research Fellow in Critical Human Geography, University of Leeds with research interests in forced migration, immigration and asylum policy, unfree/forced labour, community and social relationships. Peter Dwyer is Professor of Social Policy at the University of York, UK. His research focuses on issues related to social citizenship and migration. Dr Stuart Hodkinson is a Lecturer in Critical Urban Geography, University of Leeds. His research focuses on urban contestation over privatisation, gentrification and the right to the city. Dr Louise Waite is Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Leeds with research interests in migration, citizenship, unfree/forced labour and exploitative work.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Free markets, closed borders: migration policy and entry into forced labour
Experiences of forced labour
Status matters: socio-legal status and forced labour among asylum seekers and refugees
The struggle to exit exploitation
From forced labour to unfreedom : conceptualising migrant lives
Conclusions: Hyper precarity.