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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rodriguez, Robyn Magalit
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Migrant labor.
Manpower policy.
Foreign workers, Filipino.
Emigration and immigration.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
migrant workers.
Emploi > Politique gouvernementale > Philippines.
Travailleurs migrants.
Travailleurs etrangers philippins.
Transients and Migrants
Manpower policy > Philippines.
Philippines.
Philippines > Emigration and immigration.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : neoliberalism and the Philippine labor brokerage state
  • The emergence of labor brokerage : U.S. colonial legacies in the Philippines
  • A global enterprise of labor : mobilizing migrants for export
  • Able minds, able hands : marketing Philippine workers
  • New national heroes : patriotism and citizenship reconfigured
  • The Philippine domestic : gendered labor, family, and the nation-state
  • Migrant workers' rights? Regulating remittances and repatriation
  • Conclusion : the globalization of the labor brokerage state.

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