A Risky Business? Ukrainian Migrant Women in Warsaw's Domestic Work Sector
This book is about migration as a form of risk-taking. Based on Ukrainian women's experiences in the Polish domestic work sector, it presents a new approach to analyse movements of female migrants responding to the demand for household labour around the world. Risks involved in migration and in...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam
Amsterdam University Press
2012, 2012
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| Series: | IMISCOE Dissertations
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This book is about migration as a form of risk-taking. Based on Ukrainian women's experiences in the Polish domestic work sector, it presents a new approach to analyse movements of female migrants responding to the demand for household labour around the world. Risks involved in migration and in migrant domestic work are accounted for in detail alongside an analysis of the migration decision-making processes. This study shows how social ties and migrant institutions effectively reduce the otherwise radical asymmetry of power between an individual migrant, the state and an employer. A Risky Busi |
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| Physical Description: | 222 pages |
| ISBN: | 9089643273 9789089643278 |