Global Cities at Work: New Migrant Divisions of Labour Contributor(s): Wills, Jane (Author), Datta, Kavita (Author), Evans, Yara (Author) |
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ISBN: 0745327990 ISBN-13: 9780745327990 Publisher: Pluto Press (UK) OUR PRICE: $109.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration - Social Science | Human Geography - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy |
Dewey: 331.117 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 9.1" (1.05 lbs) 256 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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 new century. Global Cities at Work 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. Global Cities at Work raises the level of debate about migrant labour, encouraging policy-makers, journalists and social scientists to look behind the headlines. The book calls us to take a politically-informed geographical view of our urban labour markets and to prioritise the issue of working poverty and its implications for both unemployment and community cohesion. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wills, Jane: - Jane Wills is professor of human geography at Queen Mary University of London.Datta, Kavita: - Kavita Datta is a senior lecturer in the School of Geography at Queen Mary University of London. |