ISBN:
9780415706186
Language:
English
Pages:
XVII, 193 S
,
Ill.
Edition:
First issued in paperback
Series Statement:
Rethinking globalizations 32
Series Statement:
Rethinking globalizations
Keywords:
Women household employees Political activity
;
Women foreign workers Political activity
;
Globalization Economic aspects
;
Globalization Social aspects
;
Filipinos
;
Ausländischer Arbeitnehmer
;
Weltstadt
Description / Table of Contents:
Globalization, labor export and resistance: rethinking neoliberal globalization from below -- Circuits of the commodifcation of Filipino domestic workers in the labor export web of globalization -- Circuits of resistance to labor export in the context of globalization -- Resistance in Hong Kong -- Resistance in Taiwan -- Resistance in Vancouver -- Resistance in Rome -- Resistance and non-resistance in Chicago -- Resistance in the homefront: the labor-sending country -- Conclusion: from retrospect to prospects, from theory to policy.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
