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Globalization, labor export and resistance : a study of Filipino migrant domestic workers in global cities / Ligaya Lindio-McGovern.
Lippincott Library HD6072.2.P6 L56 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lindio-McGovern, Ligaya.
- Series:
- Rethinking globalizations ; 32.
- Rethinking globalizations ; 32
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women household employees--Political activity--Philippines.
- Women household employees.
- Women foreign workers--Political activity--Philippines.
- Women foreign workers.
- Globalization--Economic aspects.
- Globalization.
- Globalization--Social aspects.
- Political participation.
- Philippines.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 193 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2011.
- Contents:
- Globalization, labor export and resistance: rethinking neoliberal globalization from below
- Circuits of the commodifcation of Filipino domestic workers in the labor export web of globalization
- Circuits of resistance to labor export in the context of globalization
- Resistance in Hong Kong
- Resistance in Taiwan
- Resistance in Vancouver
- Resistance in Rome
- Resistance and non-resistance in Chicago
- Resistance in the homefront: the labor-sending country
- Conclusion: from retrospect to prospects, from theory to policy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780415603799
- 041560379X
- 9780203804940
- 0203804945
- OCLC:
- 644680449
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