Migrants for Export: How the Philippine State Brokers Labor to the World - Brossura

Rodriguez, Robyn Magalit

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ISBN 10: 0816665281 ISBN 13: 9780816665280

Casa editrice: Univ of Minnesota Pr, 2010

Riassunto

Migrant workers from the Philippines are ubiquitous to global capitalism, with nearly 10 percent of the population employed in almost two hundred countries. In a visit to the United States in 2003, Philippine president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo even referred to herself as not only the head of state but also &;the CEO of a global Philippine enterprise of eight million Filipinos who live and work abroad.&;

 

Robyn Magalit Rodriguez investigates how and why the Philippine government transformed itself into what she calls a labor brokerage state, which actively prepares, mobilizes, and regulates its citizens for migrant work abroad. Filipino men and women fill a range of jobs around the globe, including domestic work, construction, and engineering, and they have even worked in the Middle East to support U.S. military operations. At the same time, the state redefines nationalism to normalize its citizens to migration while fostering their ties to the Philippines. Those who leave the country to work and send their wages to their families at home are treated as new national heroes.

 

Drawing on ethnographic research of the Philippine government&;s migration bureaucracy, interviews, and archival work, Rodriguez presents a new analysis of neoliberal globalization and its consequences for nation-state formation.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Robyn Magalit Rodriguez is assistant professor of sociology at Rutgers University.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Univ of Minnesota Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0816665281
• ISBN 13: 9780816665280
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 194
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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