02807nam 2200661Ia 450 991078240090332120230721032841.01-135-90547-91-281-78696-997866117869600-203-89241-0(CKB)1000000000539312(EBL)356421(OCoLC)476182088(SSID)ssj0000220811(PQKBManifestationID)11187526(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000220811(PQKBWorkID)10157062(PQKB)11361285(MiAaPQ)EBC356421(Au-PeEL)EBL356421(CaPaEBR)ebr10258427(CaONFJC)MIL178696(EXLCZ)99100000000053931220080225d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Philippines[electronic resource] mobilities, identities, globalization /James A. TynerNew York Routledge20091 online resource (248 p.)Global realitiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-95807-5 0-415-95806-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-223) and index.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; IndexNearly 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, tGlobal realities.Foreign workers, PhilippineContract laborPhilippinesGlobalizationPhilippinesUrban poorPhilippinesManilaForeign workers, Philippine.Contract laborGlobalizationUrban poor331.6/2599Tyner James A.1966-1093475MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782400903321The Philippines3820628UNINA