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Migrants for Export : How the Philippine State Brokers Labor to the World by Robyn Magalit Rodriguez (2010, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Minnesota Press
ISBN-100816665281
ISBN-139780816665280
eBay Product ID (ePID)80457631
Product Key Features
Number of Pages208 Pages
Publication NameMigrants for Export : How the Philippine State Brokers Labor to the World
LanguageEnglish
SubjectAsia / Southeast Asia, Sociology / General, Globalization, Emigration & Immigration, Labor
Publication Year2010
TypeTextbook
AuthorRobyn Magalit Rodriguez
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science, Business & Economics, History
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight10 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2009-053623
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal331.6/2599
Table Of ContentAbbreviations, Introduction: Neoliberalism and the Philippine Labor Brokerage State, 1. The Emergence of Labor Brokerage: U.S. Colonial Legacies in the Philippines, 2. A Global Enterprise of Labor: Mobilizing Migrants for Export, 3. Able Minds, Able Hands: Marketing Philippine Workers, 4. New National Heroes: Patriotism and Citizenship Reconfigured, 5. The Philippine Domestic: Gendered Labor, Family, and the Nation-State, 6. Migrant Workers' Rights? Regulating Remittances and Repatriation, Conclusion: The Globalization of the Labor Brokerage State, Acknowledgments, Appendix: Mapping an Ethnography of the State, Notes, Index
SynopsisRobyn 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., 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.
LC Classification NumberHD6305.F55R63 2010
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