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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453658403321

Autore

Tyner James A. <1966->

Titolo

The Philippines [[electronic resource] ] : mobilities, identities, globalization / / James A. Tyner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2009

ISBN

1-135-90547-9

1-281-78696-9

9786611786960

0-203-89241-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Collana

Global realities

Disciplina

331.6/2599

Soggetti

Foreign workers, Philippine

Contract labor - Philippines

Globalization - Philippines

Urban poor - Philippines - Manila

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-223) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Foreword; One Local Contexts, Distant Horizons; Two Manufacturing a Global Presence; Three Manila's Place in the World; Four Global-Philippines.Com; Five Performing Globalization; Six Beyond the Philippines; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Nearly five million migrant workers from the Philippines are employed in over 190 countries and territories. They work as doctors and domestic helpers, engineers and entertainers, seamstresses and surveyors. It is through their collective labor that the Philippines has assumed a global presence. For over five centuries the Philippines has been integrated into the world economy. Only recently, however, has the Philippines been a pro-active agent in the production of a global economy. Since the 1970s the Philippine state, in connection with myriad private institutions, has recruited, t