Migrants for export : how the Philippine state brokers labor to the world /

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"Migrant workers from the Philippines are ubiquitous to global capitalism, with nearly 10 percent of the population employed in almost two hundred countries. In a visit to the United States in 2003, Philippine president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo even referred to herself as not only the head of st...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rodriguez, Robyn Magalit
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2010.
Temas:
Foreign workers, Filipino.
Migrant labor.
Manpower policy > Philippines.
Transients and Migrants
Travailleurs étrangers philippins.
Travailleurs migrants.
Emploi > Politique gouvernementale > Philippines.
migrant workers.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Emigration and immigration
Foreign workers, Filipino
Manpower policy
Migrant labor
Philippines > Emigration and immigration.
Philippines
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Migrant workers from the Philippines are ubiquitous to global capitalism, with nearly 10 percent of the population employed in almost two hundred countries. In a visit to the United States in 2003, Philippine president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo even referred to herself as not only the head of state but also 'the CEO of a global Philippine enterprise of eight million Filipinos who live and work abroad.' Robyn Magalit Rodriguez investigates how and why the Philippine government transformed itself into what she calls a labor brokerage state, which actively prepares, mobilizes, and regulates its citizens for migrant work abroad. Filipino men and women fill a range of jobs around the globe, including domestic work, construction, and engineering, and they have even worked in the Middle East to support U.S. military operations. At the same time, the state redefines nationalism to normalize its citizens to migration while fostering their ties to the Philippines. Those who leave the country to work and send their wages to their families at home are treated as new national heroes. Drawing on ethnographic research of the Philippine government's migration bureaucracy, interviews, and archival work, Rodriguez presents a new analysis of neoliberal globalization and its consequences for nation-state formation"--Provided by publisher
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxviii, 194 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-184) and index.
ISBN:9780816673605
0816673608
9781452946481
1452946485

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