Negotiating Citizenship explores the growing inequalities associated with nation-based citizenship from the perspective of migrant women workers who have made their way from impoverished Third World countries to work in Canada in the caregiving industries of domestic service and nursing. The study demonstrates the impact of the global political economy, public and private gatekeeping mechanisms, and racialized and gendered stereotypes on the contested relationship between citizen-employers and non-citizen female migrant workers in Canada.
Negotiating Citizenship explores the growing inequalities associated with nation-based citizenship from the perspective of migrant women workers who h...
While the designated rights of capital to travel freely across borders have increased under neo-liberal globalization, the citizenship rights of many people, particularly the most vulnerable, have tended to decline. Using Canada as an example of a major recipient state of international migrants, Negotiating Citizenship considers how migrant women workers from two settings in the global South-the West Indies and the Philippines-have attempted to negotiate citizenship across the global citizenship divide.
Daiva K. Stasiulis and Abigail B. Bakan challenge traditional liberal and...
While the designated rights of capital to travel freely across borders have increased under neo-liberal globalization, the citizenship rights of ma...
This text looks at the relations between indigenous and settler/immigrant populations. It highlights the experiences of ten diverse societies and examines how the internal dynamics of settler societies reflect their positions within a global economy.
This text looks at the relations between indigenous and settler/immigrant populations. It highlights the experiences of ten diverse societies and exam...
