Gridlock : labor, migration, and human trafficking in Dubai /
By: Mahdavi, Pardis
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BookPublisher: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2011.Description: 251 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780804772204 (trade : cloth : alk. paper); 0804772207Program: MIST913Subject(s): Foreign workers -- United Arab Emirates -- Dubayy (Emirate) | Forced labor -- United Arab Emirates -- Dubayy (Emirate) | Human trafficking -- United Arab Emirates -- Dubayy (Emirate) | Forced labor -- Dubayy (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) | Human traffickingDDC classification: 331.6/2/095357 Online resources: Location Map
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Reveals the real-life experiences of migrants living and working in Dubayy, discussing debates over human trafficking and stereotypes linked to trafficked persons, and examining policies on human trafficking and the realities of forced labor in the Persian Gulf.
| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 331.62095357 MA GR (Browse shelf) | Available | T0047454 | ||
| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 331.62095357 MA GR (Browse shelf) | Available | T0047453 |
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| 331.62 MI GR Migration and care labour : | 331.620941 WH ON Who needs migrant workers? : | 331.62095 HI EX Expatriates in Asia : | 331.62095357 MA GR Gridlock : | 331.62095357 MA GR Gridlock : | 331.7 BO WH What color is your parachute? : | 331.7009536 EM PL Employment and career motivation in the Arab Gulf states : |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-243) and index.
Trafficking trafficking -- Dubai Inc. -- Sex work -- Migration in context -- Labor outside law -- An (un)civil society -- Building towers, building structures -- Building castles in the sand.
Reveals the real-life experiences of migrants living and working in Dubayy, discussing debates over human trafficking and stereotypes linked to trafficked persons, and examining policies on human trafficking and the realities of forced labor in the Persian Gulf.
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