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Constructing and imagining labour migration : perspectives of control from five continents / edited by Elspeth Guild and Sandra Mantu.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Foreign workers.
- Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
- Emigration and immigration.
- International relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (330 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Labour migration has been on the agenda of many countries around the globe, and governments of both sending and receiving countries have made attempts to develop regulatory mechanisms to deal with the phenomenon. This multidisciplinary book opens the debate on the global politics of labour migration by proposing a re-assessment of the interaction between states regarding labour migration.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Section I Uncertain Borders, Empty Control Claims: Labour Migration Regimes with Weak Control Claims; Section II The Appearance of Control: Examining Labour Migration Regimes with High Control Claims; Section III Equivocal Claims: Examining Labour Migration Regimes with Ambivalent Control Claims; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-315-57359-8
- 1-317-16156-4
- 1-317-16155-6
- 1-282-94829-6
- 9786612948299
- 1-4094-0964-3
- 9781315573595
- OCLC:
- 699474776
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