The Philippines : Mobilities, Identities, Globalization.

Nearly five million migrant workers from the Philippines are employed in over 190 countries and territories. They work as doctors and domestic helpers, engineers and entertainers, seamstresses and surveyors. It is through their collective labor that the Philippines has assumed a global presence. The...

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Main Author: Tyner, James A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2008.
Series:Global Realities, 4.
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Summary:Nearly five million migrant workers from the Philippines are employed in over 190 countries and territories. They work as doctors and domestic helpers, engineers and entertainers, seamstresses and surveyors. It is through their collective labor that the Philippines has assumed a global presence. The Philippines: Mobilities, Identities, and Globalization seeks to understand how the Philippines has become the worlds largest exporter of government-sponsored temporary contract labor and, in the process, has dramatically reshaped both the processes of globalization and also our understanding.
Physical Description:1 online resource (248 pages)
ISBN:9780203892411
0203892410
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.