Migrant Dubai

Low Wage Workers and the Construction of a Global City

AvLaavanya Kathiravelu

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

Del i serien Global Diversities

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Beskrivning

This book analyzes the everyday lives of labour migrants in a rapidly developing city-state. Using the emirate of Dubai as a case study, Migrant Dubai shows that even within highly restrictive mobility regimes, marginalized migrants find ways to cope with structural inequalities and quotidian modes of discrimination.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-11-26
Mått:140 x 216 x 22 mm
Vikt:455 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Global Diversities
Antal sidor:246
Upplaga:2016
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781137450173

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Laavanya Kathiravelu is Assistant Professor in the Division of Sociology at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She is also a Fung Fellow at Princeton University, USA, in 2015/16. Her research sits at the intersection of international migration and contemporary diverse cities, especially in the Global South.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction: Situating Dubai 2. Dubai as Metaphor. Corporate Entity, Global City, Hope and Mirage 3. Migrants and the State. Structures of violence, co-ethnic exploitation and the transnationalisation of rights 4. Neoliberal Narratives. Migrant self-constructions and the performance of empowered subjectivities 5. The Divided City. Gated communities, everyday mobilities and public space 6. Social Networks. Informal solidarities and an ethic of 'care' 7. Conclusion