Marketing dreams, manufacturing heroes : the transnational labor brokering of Filipino workers /

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In Marketing Dreams, Manufacturing Heroes Anna Romina Guevarra focuses on the Philippinesùwhich views itself as the "home of the great Filipino worker"ùand the multilevel brokering process that manages and sends workers worldwide. The experience of Filipino nurses and domestic workersùt...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Guevarra, Anna Romina, 1973-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2010.
Temas:
Filipinos > Employment > Foreign countries.
Foreign workers, Filipino.
Philippins > Travail > Pays étrangers.
Travailleurs étrangers philippins.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Asian American Studies.
Filipinos > Employment > Foreign countries
Foreign workers, Filipino
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In Marketing Dreams, Manufacturing Heroes Anna Romina Guevarra focuses on the Philippinesùwhich views itself as the "home of the great Filipino worker"ùand the multilevel brokering process that manages and sends workers worldwide. The experience of Filipino nurses and domestic workersùtwo of the country's prized exportsùis at the core of the research, which utilizes interviews with employees at labor brokering agencies, state officials from governmental organizations in the Philippines, and nurses working in the United States.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xviii, 251 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813548296
0813548292

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