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Global Cities At Work: New Migrant Divisions of Labour
Jane Wills
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Description for Global Cities At Work: New Migrant Divisions of Labour
Paperback.
This book is about the people who always get taken for granted. The people who clean our offices and trains, care for our elders and change the sheets on the bed. Global Cities at Work draws on testimony collected from more than 800 foreign-born workers employed in low-paid jobs in London during the early years of the twenty-first century.
This book breaks new ground in linking London's new migrant division of labour to the twin processes of subcontracting and increased international migration that have been central to contemporary processes of globalisation.
It also raises ... Read more
This book is about the people who always get taken for granted. The people who clean our offices and trains, care for our elders and change the sheets on the bed. Global Cities at Work draws on testimony collected from more than 800 foreign-born workers employed in low-paid jobs in London during the early years of the twenty-first century.
This book breaks new ground in linking London's new migrant division of labour to the twin processes of subcontracting and increased international migration that have been central to contemporary processes of globalisation.
It also raises ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745327983
SKU
V9780745327983
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99-1
About Jane Wills
Jane Wills works at the Department of Geography and The City Centre, Queen Mary, University of London. She is the author of Global Cities At Work (Pluto, 2009). Kavita Datta works at the Department of Geography and The City Centre, Queen Mary, University of London. She is the author of Global Cities At Work (Pluto, 2009). ... Read more
Reviews for Global Cities At Work: New Migrant Divisions of Labour
'The voices of migrant workers come alive in these pages'
Jamie Peck, Professor of Geography, University of British Columbia 'A rare but critical window into the scale, nature and contradictions of contemporary immigration into the UK'
Danny Sriskandarajah, former Head of Migration at the Institute for Public Policy Research 'A very timely book. The description of migration-based divisions ... Read more
Jamie Peck, Professor of Geography, University of British Columbia 'A rare but critical window into the scale, nature and contradictions of contemporary immigration into the UK'
Danny Sriskandarajah, former Head of Migration at the Institute for Public Policy Research 'A very timely book. The description of migration-based divisions ... Read more