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

• Autore: Tyner James A. <1966->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Routledge, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (248 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.6/2599
• Soggetto topico: Foreign workers, Philippine; Contract labor - Philippines; Globalization - Philippines; Urban poor - Philippines - Manila
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The Philippines
• ISBN: 1-135-90547-9; 1-281-78696-9; 9786611786960; 0-203-89241-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453658403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Global realities.