Immigrant women workers in the neoliberal age / edited by Nilda Flores-González ... [and others]

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Flores-González, Nilda.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women foreign workers.

Women immigrants.

Women immigrants--Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

xiv, 301 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Urbana : Univversity of Illinois Press, 2013.

Summary:

To date, most research on immigrant women and labor forces has focused on the participation of immigrant women in formal labor markets. In this study, contributors focus on informal economies such as health care, domestic work, street vending, and the garment industry, where displaced and undocumented women are more likely to work. Because such informal labor markets are un-regulated, many of these workers face abusive working conditions that are not reported for fear of job loss or deportation. In examining the complex dynamics of how immigrant women navigate political and economic uncertainties, this collection highlights the important role of citizenship status in defining immigrant women's opportunities, wages, and labor conditions. Book jacket.

Contents:

Pt. 1. Critique of the neoliberal state

pt. 2. Ethnic enclaves

pt. 3. Informal economies

pt. 4. Grassroots organizing and resistance.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

025203757X

9780252037573

0252079116

9780252079115

OCLC:

814455412