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Record Nr.

UNINA9910765867403321

Autore

Hewison Kevin

Titolo

Transnational migration and work in Asia / / edited by Kevin Hewison and Ken Young

Pubbl/distr/stampa

2006

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2017

©2006

ISBN

9786610400379

9781134204083

1134204086

9781134204090

1134204094

9781280400377

1280400374

9780203029084

0203029089

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Collana

Routledge/City University of Hong Kong Southeast Asian studies ; ; 5

Classificazione

POL011000SOC007000SOC008000

Disciplina

331.5/44/095

Soggetti

Foreign workers, Asian

Transnationalism

Asia Emigration and immigration

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Series Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Contributors; Ackowledgements; 1. Introduction: Globalization and Migrnt Workers in Asia; 2. Globalization and the changing management of migrating service workers in the Asia-Pacific; 3. The country and the cities; 4. Lao migrant workers in Thailand; 5. Positioning the product; 6. Thai workers in Hong Kong; 7. Building Hong Kong; 8. Filipino nightclub hostesses in Hong Kong; 9. Migrant workers in Macao; 10. Exploitation in global supply chains; 11. From wage labourers to investors?

12. Trading labour-trading rightsIndex



Sommario/riassunto

Focusing on the issues associated with migrating for work both in and from the Asian region, this book sheds light on the debate over migration and trafficking. With contributions from an international team of well-known scholars, the book sets labour migration firmly within the context of globalization, providing a focused, contemporary discussion of what is undoubtedly a major twenty-first century concern.Transnational Migration and Work in Asia analyzes workers motivations and rationalities, highlighting the similarities of migration experiences throughout Asia. Pr