TY - GEN T1 - Global labor migration : new directions T2 - Studies of world migrations. A2 - Boris, Eileen, 1948- A2 - Gottfried, Heidi, 1955- A2 - Greene, Julie, 1956- A2 - Tham, Joo-Cheong LA - English PP - Urbana PB - University of Illinois Press YR - 2023 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1333930175 AB - "Around the world, hundreds of millions of labor migrants endure exploitation, lack of basic rights, and institutionalized discrimination and marginalization. What factors created a system that forces this huge and growing mass of human beings to toil as an institutional and judicial lower caste? In what ways did labor migrants shape their living and working conditions in the past, and what opportunities exist for them today? Global Labor Migration presents new multidisciplinary, transregional perspectives on issues surrounding global labor migration. The essays go beyond disciplinary boundaries, with sociologists, ethnographers, legal scholars, and historians contributing research that extends comparison among and within world regions. Looking at migrant workers from the late nineteenth century to the present day, the contributors illustrate the need for broader perspectives that study labor migration over longer timeframes and from wider geographic areas. The result is a unique, much-needed collection that delves into one of the world's most pressing issues, generates scholarly dialogue, and proposes cutting-edge research agendas and methods"-- OP - 344 CN - HD6300 .G559 2023 SN - 0252053745 SN - 9780252053740 SN - 9780252044700 SN - 9780252086793 KW - Foreign workers. KW - Labor mobility. KW - Labor market. KW - Emigration and immigration : Economic aspects. KW - Travailleurs étrangers. KW - Main-d'œuvre : Mobilité. KW - Marché du travail. KW - Émigration et immigration : Aspect économique. KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / General KW - Emigration and immigration : Economic aspects KW - Foreign workers KW - Labor market KW - Labor mobility KW - Industry. KW - Electronic books. ER -