"Touching on the laws and practices of a wide array of countries around the globe, this book examines the extent to which refugees' and asylum-seekers' right to work is protected by international human rights law. The book examines a number of key international treaties, nationa…
While the feminisation of transnational migrant labour is now a firmly ingrained feature of the contemporary global economy, the specific experiences and understandings of labour in a range of gendered sectors of global and regional labour markets still require comparative and e…
Labour migration has become one of the hot topics in Europe, especially since 2000 with the shift from restriction to managed migration. This book reveals the impacts of ideas and knowledge on policy change in two of the major labour importing countries in the EU: the UK and Spa…
Are migrant workers needed to "do the jobs that locals will not do" or are they simply a more exploitable labor force? Do they have a better "work ethic" or are they less able to complain? Is migrant labor the solution to "skills shortages" or actually part of the problem? This …
The Cambrigde Survey or World Migration begins in the sixteenth century with the establishment of European colonies overseas and covers the history of migration to the late twenthieth century, when political conflict, global communications and transport systems stimulated immens…
Bringing together essays on India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Europe, Migration, Trafficking and Gender Construction: Women in Transition offers valuable insights on women's migration and demonstrates how tremendous political upheavals--the partition of India, the creation of Burma…
A collection about migrant women, focusing on how migration is changing, with women sometimes forming the majority.
A collection about migrant women, focusing on how migration is changing, with women sometimes forming the majority.
Bringing together essays on India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Europe, Migration, Trafficking and Gender Construction: Women in Transition offers valuable insights on women's migration and demonstrates how tremendous political upheavals--the partition of India, the creation of Burma…
"This volume takes a critical look at the current divide over immigration policies. It hopes to shed new light on the debate by bringing together papers that investigate the link between trade and factor mobility, particularly labour migration, from theoretical and empirical pe…
