Transnational migration and work in Asia / / edited by Kevin Hewison and Ken Young
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| Titolo: |
Transnational migration and work in Asia / / edited by Kevin Hewison and Ken Young
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (254 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 331.5/44/095 |
| 331.544095 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Foreign workers, Asian |
| Transnationalism | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Asia Emigration and immigration |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
HewisonKevin
YoungKen <1942->
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| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Transnational migration and work in Asia |
| ISBN: | 1-134-20408-6 |
| 1-134-20409-4 | |
| 1-280-40037-4 | |
| 9786610400379 | |
| 0-203-02908-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910348224403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Routledge/City University of Hong Kong Southeast Asian studies ; ; 5.