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Living on the Margins: Undocumented Migrants in a Global City
Alice Bloch
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Description for Living on the Margins: Undocumented Migrants in a Global City
Hardback. Living on the margins offers a unique insight into the working lives of undocumented (or 'irregular') migrants living in London, and their employers. It offers an international context to the research and provides theoretical, policy and empirical analyses. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; JFFN; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Living on the margins offers a unique insight into the working lives of undocumented (or ‘irregular’) migrants living in London, and their employers. Breaking new ground, this topical book exposes the contradictions in policies, which marginalise and criminalise these migrants, while promoting exploitative labour market policies. However, the book reveals that the migrants can be active agents in shaping their lives within the constraint of status. Taking an inter-disciplinary approach, this fascinating book offers an international context to the research and provides theoretical, policy and empirical analyses. It will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers and academics, as ... Read more
Living on the margins offers a unique insight into the working lives of undocumented (or ‘irregular’) migrants living in London, and their employers. Breaking new ground, this topical book exposes the contradictions in policies, which marginalise and criminalise these migrants, while promoting exploitative labour market policies. However, the book reveals that the migrants can be active agents in shaping their lives within the constraint of status. Taking an inter-disciplinary approach, this fascinating book offers an international context to the research and provides theoretical, policy and empirical analyses. It will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers and academics, as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Bristol University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447319368
SKU
V9781447319368
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
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99-50
About Alice Bloch
Alice Bloch is Professor of Sociology, University of Manchester. She is also a co-author of Sans Papiers: The social and economic lives of young undocumented migrants, 2014 and Race, Multiculture and Social Policy, 2013. Sonia McKay is Professor of European Socio-Legal Studies, University of the West of England. She is a co-author of Undocumented Workers’ Transitions, 2011.
Reviews for Living on the Margins: Undocumented Migrants in a Global City
"Alice Bloch and Sonia McKay not only show the challenges faced by those living without documentation, but also explore current legislation and policies that are shaping these experiences." LSE Review of Books "Bloch and McKay provide a thorough-going account of...the undocumented migrant." Chartist "A very welcome contribution in a context where immigrants are seen as scapegoats for unemployment and weakening ... Read more