Global cities at work : new migrant divisions of labour

Global cities at work new migrant divisions of labour

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Wills, Jane, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Pluto [2010]
Edición:1st ed
Materias:
Emigration and immigration. .
Foreign workers > Social conditions.
Minorities > Employment.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009424820106719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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