Global cities at work : new migrant divisions of labour / Jane Wills [and five others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wills, Jane, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration. .

Foreign workers--Social conditions.

Foreign workers.

Minorities--Employment.

Minorities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Pluto Press 2009

London ; New York : Pluto, [2010]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is about the people who always get taken for granted. The people who clean our offices and trains, care for our elders and change the sheets on the bed. Global Cities at Work draws on testimony collected from more than 800 foreign-born workers employed in low-paid jobs in London during the early years of the twenty-first century. This book breaks new ground in linking London's new migrant division of labour to the twin processes of subcontracting and increased international migration that have been central to contemporary processes of globalisation. It also raises the level of debate about migrant labour, encouraging us to look behind the headlines. The authors ask us to take a politically informed view of our urban labour markets and to prioritise the issue of poverty in underemployed communities.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

List of Tables

List of Figures

List of Photos

List of Abbreviations and Acronyms

Acknowledgements

1. Deregulation, Migration and the New World of Work

2. Global City Labour Markets and London's New Migrant Division of Labour

3. London's Low-Paid Foreign-Born Workers

4. Living and Remaking London's Ethnic and Gender Divisions

5. Tactics of Survival among Migrant Workers in London

6. Relational Lives: Migrants, London and the Rest of the World

7. Remaking the City: Immigration and Post-Secular Politics in London Today

8. Just Geographies of (Im)migration

Appendices

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781783715398

1783715391

9781849644020

1849644020

OCLC:

617637826

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access