Kevin Hewison / Ken Young (eds.)

Transnational Migration and Work in Asia

Herausgeber: Hewison, Kevin; Young, Ken

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Discussing the issues associated with labour migration both in and from the Asian region, and including a number of contemporary case studies, this is the first text to look at the non-professional majority of migrant workers in the area.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 164mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 445g
• ISBN-13: 9780415368896
• ISBN-10: 0415368898
• Artikelnr.: 22515205

Autorenporträt

Hewison, Kevin; Young, Ken

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Globalization and Migrant Workers in Asia Part 1:
Globalization and Migration 2. Globalization and the Changing Management of
Migrating Service Workers in the Asia Pacific 3. The Country and the Cities
Part 2: Migrant Workers, Trafficking and the State 4. Lao Migrant Workers
in Thailand 5. Positioning the Product: Indonesian Migrant Women Workers in
Taiwan 6. Thai Workers in Hong Kong 7. Building Hong Kong: Nepalese Labour
in the Construction Sector 8. Filipino Nightclub Hostesses in Hong Kong:
Vulnerability to Trafficking and Other Human Rights Abuses 9. Migrant
Workers in Macao: Labour and Globalization 10. Exploitation in Global
Supply Chains: Burmese Migrant Workers in Mae Sot, Thailand Part 3: Issues
in Policy-Making about Migrant Labour 11. Saving Pennies for the State. A
New Role for Filipino Migrant Workers? 12. Trading Labour-Trading Rights:
The Regional Dynamics of Rights Recognition for Migrant Workers in the
Asia-Pacific