Multinational Maids
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Multinational Maids

Stepwise Migration in a Global Labor Market

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eBook - PDF

Multinational Maids

Stepwise Migration in a Global Labor Market

About this book

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 labor 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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Imprints Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of Figures
  8. List of Tables
  9. Preface
  10. Acknowledgments
  11. List of Abbreviations
  12. Map of Southeast Asia
  13. 1 Introduction
  14. Part I: The Context
  15. Part II: The Actors
  16. Part III: The Aftermath
  17. Appendix I: Data Table
  18. Appendix II: A Methodological Note
  19. Appendix III: Index of Interviewees
  20. Glossary
  21. Bibliography
  22. Index