Migrants for export : how the Philippine state brokers labor to the world / Robyn Magalit Rodriguez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rodriguez, Robyn Magalit.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign workers, Filipino.

Migrant labor.

Manpower policy--Philippines.

Manpower policy.

Philippines--Emigration and immigration.

Philippines.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minn. : University of Minnesota Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 state but also "the CEO of a global Philippine enterprise of eight million Filipinos who live and work abroad." Robyn Magalit Rodriguez investigates how and why the Philippine government transformed itself into what she calls a labor brokerage state, which actively prepares, mobil

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4529-4648-5

0-8166-7360-8

OCLC:

646066584