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Exploited
Toby Shelley
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Description for Exploited
Paperback. From cleaning to construction, from agriculture to domestic work, every day migrant labourers are exploited and enslaved. The author argues that even governments, keen to protect big business, are complicit in this exploitation; their 'law and order' approach on immigration being part of this complicity. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; KCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 214.
From cleaning to construction, from agriculture to domestic work, every day migrant labourers are exploited and enslaved. Extra hours are squeezed out of Polish food packers, and trafficked African children are used for forced labour. Low wages are used to drive down prices from the oil industry to airport services. In this book, Toby Shelley shows that current unprecedented flows of migrant workers are a direct result of economic liberalization. The appalling conditions and legal abuses which confront these workers are not a premodern aberration, but an integral part of the global economy. Shelley argues that even governments, keen ... Read more
From cleaning to construction, from agriculture to domestic work, every day migrant labourers are exploited and enslaved. Extra hours are squeezed out of Polish food packers, and trafficked African children are used for forced labour. Low wages are used to drive down prices from the oil industry to airport services. In this book, Toby Shelley shows that current unprecedented flows of migrant workers are a direct result of economic liberalization. The appalling conditions and legal abuses which confront these workers are not a premodern aberration, but an integral part of the global economy. Shelley argues that even governments, keen ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781842778524
SKU
V9781842778524
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Toby Shelley
Toby Shelley is a journalist with the Financial Times. Over the past twenty years he has reported from across Africa and the Middle East. His previous books include Nanotechnology (2006), Oil (2005) and Endgame in the Western Sahara (2004). He is a member of the Council of Management of the radical development charity War on Want.
Reviews for Exploited
'...Toby Shelley presents a powerful legal and moral indictment against the governments and companies of the world in the exploitation of labour.' Marcus Papadopoulos, Tribune. 'Shelley provides superb reporting and horrific anecdotes to describe the unfolding tragedy...Terse and angry, he reveals how time and time again, people jump through hoops of horror to live in lands that offer opportunity.' ... Read more