The Philippines : Mobilities, Identities, Globalization.

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. The...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tyner, James A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2008.
Colección:Global Realities, 4.
Temas:
Foreign workers, Filipino.
Contract labor > Philippines.
Globalization > Philippines.
Urban poor > Philippines > Manila.
Contract labor.
Globalization.
Urban poor.
Foreign workers.
Travailleurs étrangers philippins.
Main-d'œuvre contractuelle > Philippines.
Mondialisation > Philippines.
Pauvres en milieu urbain > Philippines > Manille.
Contract labor
Foreign workers, Filipino
Globalization
Urban poor
Immigrant labor.
Philippines
Philippines > Manila
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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. The Philippines: Mobilities, Identities, and Globalization seeks to understand how the Philippines has become the worlds largest exporter of government-sponsored temporary contract labor and, in the process, has dramatically reshaped both the processes of globalization and also our understanding.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (248 pages)
ISBN:9780203892411
0203892410

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