Labor Movement

How Migration Regulates Labor Markets

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Demography, Business & Finance, Career Planning & Job Hunting, Labor, Human Geography
Cover of the book Labor Movement by Harald Bauder, Oxford University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Harald Bauder ISBN: 9780190208356
Publisher: Oxford University Press Publication: February 23, 2006
Imprint: Oxford University Press Language: English
Author: Harald Bauder
ISBN: 9780190208356
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication: February 23, 2006
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Language: English

Throughout the industrialized world, international migrants serve as nannies, construction workers, gardeners and small-business entrepreneurs. Labor Movement suggests that the international migration of workers is necessary for the survival of industrialized economies. The book thus turns the conventional view of international migration on its head: it investigates how migration regulates labor markets, rather than labor markets shaping migration flows. Assuming a critical view of orthodox economic theory, the book illustrates how different legal, social and cultural strategies towards international migrants are deployed and coordinated within the wider neo-liberal project to render migrants and immigrants vulnerable, pushing them into performing distinct economic roles and into subordinate labor market situations. Drawing on social theories associated with Pierre Bourdieu and other prominent thinkers, Labor Movement suggests that migration regulates labor markets through processes of social distinction, cultural judgement and the strategic deployment of citizenship. European and North American case studies illustrate how the labor of international migrants is systematically devalued and how popular discourse legitimates the demotion of migrants to subordinate labor. Engaging with various immigrant groups in different cities, including South Asian immigrants in Vancouver, foreigners and Spätaussiedler in Berlin, and Mexican and Caribbean offshore workers in rural Ontario, the studies seek to unravel the complex web of regulatory labor market processes related to international migration. Recognizing and understanding these processes, Bauder argues, is an important step towards building effective activist strategies and for envisioning new roles for migrating workers and people. The book is a valuable resource to researchers and students in economics, ethnic and migration studies, geography, sociology, political science, and to frontline activists in Europe, North America and beyond.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Throughout the industrialized world, international migrants serve as nannies, construction workers, gardeners and small-business entrepreneurs. Labor Movement suggests that the international migration of workers is necessary for the survival of industrialized economies. The book thus turns the conventional view of international migration on its head: it investigates how migration regulates labor markets, rather than labor markets shaping migration flows. Assuming a critical view of orthodox economic theory, the book illustrates how different legal, social and cultural strategies towards international migrants are deployed and coordinated within the wider neo-liberal project to render migrants and immigrants vulnerable, pushing them into performing distinct economic roles and into subordinate labor market situations. Drawing on social theories associated with Pierre Bourdieu and other prominent thinkers, Labor Movement suggests that migration regulates labor markets through processes of social distinction, cultural judgement and the strategic deployment of citizenship. European and North American case studies illustrate how the labor of international migrants is systematically devalued and how popular discourse legitimates the demotion of migrants to subordinate labor. Engaging with various immigrant groups in different cities, including South Asian immigrants in Vancouver, foreigners and Spätaussiedler in Berlin, and Mexican and Caribbean offshore workers in rural Ontario, the studies seek to unravel the complex web of regulatory labor market processes related to international migration. Recognizing and understanding these processes, Bauder argues, is an important step towards building effective activist strategies and for envisioning new roles for migrating workers and people. The book is a valuable resource to researchers and students in economics, ethnic and migration studies, geography, sociology, political science, and to frontline activists in Europe, North America and beyond.

More books from Oxford University Press

Cover of the book The Mormon Menace by Harald Bauder
Cover of the book Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in Latin America by Harald Bauder
Cover of the book Beyond Consent by Harald Bauder
Cover of the book It's Only a False Alarm by Harald Bauder
Cover of the book Hume's Skeptical Crisis by Harald Bauder
Cover of the book Optic Antics by Harald Bauder
Cover of the book Black Atlantic in the Age of Revolutions: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide by Harald Bauder
Cover of the book Social Support Measurement and Intervention by Harald Bauder
Cover of the book The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri : Volume 3: Paradiso by Harald Bauder
Cover of the book Beyond GDP by Harald Bauder
Cover of the book Management Innovators by Harald Bauder
Cover of the book Institutionalizing the Just War by Harald Bauder
Cover of the book Antisemitism in America by Harald Bauder
Cover of the book Applied Economic Forecasting using Time Series Methods by Harald Bauder
Cover of the book The Oxford Handbook of Freedom by Harald Bauder
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy