The Philippines : mobilities, identities, globalization / James A. Tyner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tyner, James A., 1966-

Series:

Global realities.

Global realities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign workers, Filipino.

Contract labor--Philippines.

Contract labor.

Globalization--Philippines.

Globalization.

Urban poor--Philippines--Manila.

Urban poor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Nearly five million migrant workers from the Philippines are employed in over 190 countries and territories. They work as doctors and domestic helpers, engineers and entertainers, seamstresses and surveyors. It is through their collective labor that the Philippines has assumed a global presence. For over five centuries the Philippines has been integrated into the world economy. Only recently, however, has the Philippines been a pro-active agent in the production of a global economy. Since the 1970s the Philippine state, in connection with myriad private institutions, has recruited, t

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Foreword; One Local Contexts, Distant Horizons; Two Manufacturing a Global Presence; Three Manila's Place in the World; Four Global-Philippines.Com; Five Performing Globalization; Six Beyond the Philippines; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-223) and index.

ISBN:

1-135-90547-9

1-281-78696-9

9786611786960

0-203-89241-0

9780203892411

OCLC:

476182088