| Description |
xii, 231 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Gender in a global/local world |
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Gender in a global/local world.
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| Contents |
Pt. I. Victims Or Victors? Filipina Domestic Workers in Paris and Hong Kong -- 1. Capability and International Labor Migration for Domestic Work -- 2. Development: The Structural Context of Global Domestic Work Migration -- Pt. II. Agency and Filipina Overseas Domestic Work -- 3. Empty Agency: The Oppressed Third World Woman -- 4. Beyond Rights: Embodying and Empowering Agency -- Pt. III. Agency, Capability and Filipina Overseas Domestic Workers -- 5. The FODW Institution -- 6. A Capability Approach to Agency -- 7. Agency, Capability and the Migrant Domestic Worker -- Pt. IV. Conclusion -- 8. A Capable Agency Approach: Livelihood, Resources and Human Rights -- App. 1. Respondents' Profiles -- App. 2. Profiles of NGOs and Associations Contacted during Fieldwork -- App. 3. Typical Migration Cycle of a Migrant Worker -- App. 4. RESPECT - Migrant Domestic Workers Charter of Rights: Rights, Equality, Solidarity, Power, Europe, Cooperation, Today |
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App. 5. Interview Schedule (English Version) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Women migrant labor -- France -- Paris.
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Women migrant labor -- China -- Hong Kong.
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Women household employees -- France -- Paris.
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Women household employees -- China -- Hong Kong.
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Migrant labor -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- France.
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Migrant labor -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- China -- Hong Kong.
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| LC no. |
2008045427 |
| ISBN |
9780754675327 hardback |
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0754675327 hardback |
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