Multinational maids : stepwise migration in a global labor market / Anju Mary Paul.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paul, Anju Mary, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women foreign workers--Philippines.

Women foreign workers.

Women foreign workers--Indonesia.

Women household employees--Philippines.

Women household employees.

Women household employees--Indonesia.

Foreign workers, Filipino.

Foreign workers, Indonesian.

Filipinos--Employment--Foreign countries.

Filipinos.

Indonesians--Employment--Foreign countries.

Indonesians.

Philippines--Emigration and immigration.

Philippines.

Indonesia--Emigration and immigration.

Indonesia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxix. 386 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Summary:

Multinational Maids offers an in-depth investigation into the international migrations of Filipino and Indonesian migrant domestic workers. The author taps on her rigorous study of more than 1,200 subjects' migration trajectories to reveal how these migrants work in a series of overseas countries to improve their lives and, in some cases, seek permanent residence in another country. Challenging the portrayal of Asian migrant domestic workers as victims of globalization, Multinational Maids reveals migrants' agency and strategic thinking under conditions of constraint. At the market level, the establishment of guestworker programmes for migrant domestic workers in multiple countries has created a global labour market. A transnational diaspora shapes migrants' evolving destination imaginaries, while manpower recruitment and placement agencies create transnational mobility structures. In addition, differing destination hierarchies and degrees of access to resources lead to the adoption of divergent stepwise trajectories. Written in an accessible manner, Multinational Maids appeals to migration scholars, policymakers, activists and students.

Contents:

Part I. The context

Key concepts in stepwise international labor migration

Origin stories

Global but uneven : the market for migrant domestic workers

Part II. The actors

Stepwise journeys, compared, and contrasted

The world according to migrant domestic workers

Inside the stepwise migrant's suitcase

The agents of stepwise migration

Part III. The aftermath

The end of the road.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Sep 2017).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-108-12603-0

1-108-12850-5

1-108-12891-2

1-108-12932-3

1-108-13097-6

1-108-12035-0

1-108-12973-0