Transnational migration and work in Asia

Focusing on the issues associated with migrating for work both in and from the Asian region, this book sheds light on the debate over migration and trafficking. With contributions from an international team of well-known scholars, the book sets labour migration firmly within the context of globaliza...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Hewison, Kevin, editor (editor), Young, Ken, 1942- editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge 2017.
Colección:Routledge/City University of Hong Kong Southeast Asian studies ; 5.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009429706506719
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  • Book Cover; Half-Title; Series Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Contributors; Ackowledgements; 1. Introduction: Globalization and Migrnt Workers in Asia; 2. Globalization and the changing management of migrating service workers in the Asia-Pacific; 3. The country and the cities; 4. Lao migrant workers in Thailand; 5. Positioning the product; 6. Thai workers in Hong Kong; 7. Building Hong Kong; 8. Filipino nightclub hostesses in Hong Kong; 9. Migrant workers in Macao; 10. Exploitation in global supply chains; 11. From wage labourers to investors?
  • 12. Trading labour-trading rightsIndex