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| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages | 558-575 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Identities |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 3 Sep 2018 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Keywords
- temporary labour migration
- migrant precarity
- transnationalism
- migrant rights activism
- migrant governance
- migration in Asia
- migration governance
- Temporary labour migration
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Forced transnationalism and temporary labour migration : implications for understanding migrant rights. / Piper, Nicola; Withers, Matt.
In: Identities, Vol. 25, No. 5, 03.09.2018, p. 558-575.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - Forced transnationalism and temporary labour migration
T2 - Identities
AU - Piper, Nicola
AU - Withers, Matt
PY - 2018/9/3
Y1 - 2018/9/3
N2 - International labour migration is inherently a transnational phenomenon that reflects the changing composition of labour markets and labour systems and has resulted in the rising presence of non-citizens in places of work. While the transnationalism literature has made important contributions by shifting empirical attention beyond national boundaries, so too has it overstated migrant agency while downplaying the relevance of state power. This paper draws on the concept of protracted precarity, as it applies to temporary labour migration within key migratory corridors in Asia, to develop an alternative paradigm of forced transnationalism that better accounts for transnationalism in the absence of meaningful agency. Three prominent features of cross-border labour migration are examined: temporary employer-tied contracts, commercialised recruitment, and feminised migration. This leads on to a discussion of the specifically transnational dimensions of the curtailed economic and political rights that produce migrant precarity and precarious livelihoods.
AB - International labour migration is inherently a transnational phenomenon that reflects the changing composition of labour markets and labour systems and has resulted in the rising presence of non-citizens in places of work. While the transnationalism literature has made important contributions by shifting empirical attention beyond national boundaries, so too has it overstated migrant agency while downplaying the relevance of state power. This paper draws on the concept of protracted precarity, as it applies to temporary labour migration within key migratory corridors in Asia, to develop an alternative paradigm of forced transnationalism that better accounts for transnationalism in the absence of meaningful agency. Three prominent features of cross-border labour migration are examined: temporary employer-tied contracts, commercialised recruitment, and feminised migration. This leads on to a discussion of the specifically transnational dimensions of the curtailed economic and political rights that produce migrant precarity and precarious livelihoods.
KW - temporary labour migration
KW - migrant precarity
KW - transnationalism
KW - migrant rights activism
KW - migrant governance
KW - migration in Asia
KW - migration governance
KW - Temporary labour migration
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U2 - 10.1080/1070289X.2018.1507957
DO - 10.1080/1070289X.2018.1507957
M3 - Article
VL - 25
SP - 558
EP - 575
JO - Identities
JF - Identities
SN - 1070-289X
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