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Negotiating Citizenship: Migrant Women in Canada and the Global System
Stasiulis, Daiva K., Bakan, Abigail B.
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Hardcover. This title 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. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFN; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
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 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.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
233
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333689608
SKU
V9780333689608
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99-15
About Stasiulis, Daiva K., Bakan, Abigail B.
ABIGAIL B. BAKAN is Professor of Political Studies at Queen's University. Recent publications include Critical Political Studies: Debates and Dialogues from the Left (edited with Eleanor MacDonald), and Employment Equity Policy in Canada: An Interprovincial Comparison (with Audrey Kobayashi). Her areas of research include employment equity policy in Canada, Third World immigrant women, globalization and the politics of Caribbean development. ... Read more
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