Gridlock : Labor, Migration, and Human Trafficking in Dubai.

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The images of human trafficking are all too often reduced to media tales of helpless young women taken by heavily accented, dark-skinned captors--but the reality is a far cry from this stereotype. In the Middle East, Dubai has been accused of being a hotbed of trafficking. Pardis Mahdavi, however, d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mahdavi, Pardis
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2011.
Temas:
Foreign workers > United Arab Emirates > Dubayy (Emirate)
Forced labor > United Arab Emirates > Dubayy (Emirate)
Human trafficking > United Arab Emirates > Dubayy (Emirate)
Travail forcé > Émirats arabes unis > Dubayy (Émirat)
Traite des êtres humains > Émirats arabes unis > Dubayy (Émirat)
Travailleurs étrangers > Émirats arabes unis > Dubayy (Émirat)
Emigration and immigration > Economic aspects
Forced labor
Foreign workers
Human trafficking
Dubayy (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) > Emigration and immigration > Economic aspects.
United Arab Emirates > Dubayy (Emirate)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The images of human trafficking are all too often reduced to media tales of helpless young women taken by heavily accented, dark-skinned captors--but the reality is a far cry from this stereotype. In the Middle East, Dubai has been accused of being a hotbed of trafficking. Pardis Mahdavi, however, draws a more complicated and more personal picture of this city filled with migrants. Not all migrant workers are trapped, tricked, and abused. Like anyone else, they make choices to better their lives, though the risk of ending up in bad situations is high. Legislators hoping to combat human traffick.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (262 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780804777506
0804777500

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