Migrants for export how the Philippine state brokers labor to the world / Robyn Magalit Rodriguez.

Author/creator Rodriguez, Robyn Magalit
Format Electronic
Publication InfoMinneapolis : University of Minnesota Press,
Descriptionxxviii, 194 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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Contents Introduction : neoliberalism and the Philippine labor brokerage state -- The emergence of labor brokerage : U.S. colonial legacies in the Philippines -- A global enterprise of labor : mobilizing migrants for export -- Able minds, able hands : marketing Philippine workers -- New national heroes : patriotism and citizenship reconfigured -- The Philippine domestic : gendered labor, family, and the nation-state -- Migrant workers' rights? Regulating remittances and repatriation -- Conclusion : the globalization of the labor brokerage state.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 167-184) and index.
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LCCN 2009053623
ISBN9780816665273 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN9780816665280 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0816665273 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN0816665281 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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