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Human Rights and Migrant Domestic Work : a Comparative Analysis of the Socio-Legal Status of Filipina Migrant Domestic Workers in Canada and Hong Kong.
'On a general level, this research project concerns ways in which the domestic and international laws relating to the situation of migrant domestic workers (MDWs) are shaped by broader socio-political and economic factors. More specifically, this dissertation examines the human rights situation...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
BRILL,
2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABSTRACT; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF ACRONYMS; PROLOGUE; CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; 1. Statement of the Research Problem; 2. The Linkages between Human Rights and Migration; 3. Migrant Domestic Workers: Most Exploited, Least Protected; 4. In Search of an Effective Regime for the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Domestic Workers; 5. Reasons for the Comparative Dimension of the Study; 6. Research Questions; 7. Expected Findings; 8. Brief Review of Literature.
- 9. The Significance of the Dissertation and its Original Contribution to Legal Scholarship and Public Policy10. Data, Sources and Research Methodology; 11. Terminology; 12. The Outline of the Dissertation; 13. The Context; 13.1. Historical Overview of Philippine Migration; 13.2. Labour Export Policy; 13.3. Factors Contributing to Philippine Labour Migration; 13.4. Shortcomings of Philippine State Protection; 13.5. Recent Trends in Philippine Labour Emigration; 14. The General Benefits of the Dissertation; CHAPTER 2. THE THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS RELATING TO THE SITUATION OF FILIPINA MDWS.
- 1. A Survey of Alternative Approaches to International and Domestic Law1.1. Critical Legal Theory; 1.2. Critical Race Theory; 1.3. Feminist Legal Theory; 1.4. Intersectionality Theories; 1.5. Dependency Theory; 1.6. Postcolonial Theory; 2. The Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) School as the Most Promising Explanatory Resource; 2.1. What is 'Third World Approaches to International Law' (TWAIL)?; 2.2. Why Use TWAIL in this Dissertation?; CHAPTER 3. INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS NORMS AND MIGRANT DOMESTIC WORKERS; 1. Rationale for the Chapter.
- 2. International Migration in Context: Human Rights Wronged?3. Brief History and Nature of the International Human Rights Regime; 4. Migrant Workers in International Human Rights Law; 4.1. Beginnings: The International Labor Organization; 4.2. The Migrant Workers' Convention: A Long and Difficult Road; 4.3. Migrant Workers and Regional Human Rights Protection; 5. Migrant Domestic Workers: Excluded from the International Human Rights Regime?; 5.1. Modes of Exclusion; 5.2. The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Migrant Workers' Rights.
- 5.3. Other United Nations and Intergovernmental Organizations6. Country Case Study: Canada; 7. Filipina Migrant Domestic Workers and Human Rights: An Illusion?; CHAPTER 4. ""GOOD ENOUGH TO WORK, GOOD ENOUGH TO STAY""? CANADA'S LIVE-INCAREGIVER PROGRAM AND ITSQUESTIONABLE FEATURES; 1. Canada and Migration: A Brief Overview; 2. The Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP); 3. Filipinas in the LCP: Diasporic Trends or Institutional Racialization?; 4. Working Towards a Common Good: A Closer Look at Some NGOs in Toronto Assisting MDWs; 5. The LCP and Administrative Discretion.