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Autore |
Lewis Hannah |
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Titolo |
Precarious lives : forced labour, exploitation and asylum / / Hannah Lewis [and three others] |
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Bristol, UK, 2014 |
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Bristol, England ; ; Chicago, Illinois : , : Policy Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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ISBN |
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1-4473-2099-9 |
1-4473-1167-1 |
1-4473-0692-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (233 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Political refugees - Legal status, laws, etc |
Exploitation |
Forced labor |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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PRECARIOUS LIVES; Contents; List of tables and figures; Tables; Figures; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Glossary; 1. Introduction: the return of slavery?; Modern slavery and the UK; Research presented in this book; Outline of the book; 2. Structuring forced labour: neoliberal labour markets, immigration policy and forced migration; Introduction; Neoliberalism and the rise of migrant labour exploitation: from a global to a UK context; 'Managed migration': immigration policy in the UK; Conclusion; 3. Forced labour among asylum seekers and refugees in the UK; Introduction |
Defining forced labourFinding forced migrants in forced labour in the Yorkshire and Humber region; Experiences of severe labour exploitation and forced labour; From practices to processes of forced labour; Conclusion; 4. The significance of socio-legal status; Introduction; A typology: entry into the UK and entry into forced labour; Role of socio-legal status in forced labour processes; Conclusion; 5. The struggle to exit exploitation; Introduction; Pushing back: negotiation, resilience and rejecting exploitation; Exit: escape, walking |
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way, being pushed away |
From exit to re-entry: movement along the unfreedom continuumConclusion; 6. Conceptualising hyper-precarious migrant lives: from forced labour to unfreedom; Introduction; Going beyond forced labour; Introducing the continuum of unfreedom; Migrants caught in the hyper-precarity trap; Conclusion; 7. Tackling the hyper-precarity trap; Introduction; Hyper-precarious lives: forced migration, asylum and labour exploitation; Responding to forced and severe labour exploitation of migrants: regularisation, not criminalisation; Conclusion; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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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