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Migrants for Export: How the Philippine State Brokers Labor to the World
Robyn Magalit Rodriguez
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Description for Migrants for Export: How the Philippine State Brokers Labor to the World
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 24 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMP; JFFN; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 276.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816665280
SKU
V9780816665280
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About Robyn Magalit Rodriguez
Robyn Magalit Rodriguez is assistant professor of sociology at Rutgers University.
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