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Globalization, labor export and resistance : a study of Filipino migrant domestic workers in global cities /

By: Lindio-McGovern, Ligaya
Material type: BookSeries: Rethinking globalizations ; 32.Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, c2012.Description: xvii, 193 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780415603799; 9780203804940Subject(s): Women household employees -- Political activity -- Philippines | Women foreign workers -- Political activity -- Philippines | Globalization -- Economic aspects | Globalization -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 331.4/81640899921 Online resources: Location Map
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Globalization, labor export and resistance: rethinking neoliberal globalization from below -- Circuits of the commodifcation of Filipino domestic workers in the labor export web of globalization -- Circuits of resistance to labor export in the context of globalization -- Resistance in Hong Kong -- Resistance in Taiwan -- Resistance in Vancouver -- Resistance in Rome -- Resistance and non-resistance in Chicago -- Resistance in the homefront: the labor-sending country -- Conclusion: from retrospect to prospects, from theory to policy.

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