| Author: | James A. Tyner | ISBN: | 9781135996604 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | August 2, 2004 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | James A. Tyner |
| ISBN: | 9781135996604 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | August 2, 2004 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
The Philippines is the world's largest exporter of temporary contract labor with a huge 800,000 workers a year being deployed on either six month or two year contracts. This labor migration is highly regulated by the government, private, and non-governmental/non-private organizations. Tyner argues that migrants are socially constructed, or 'made' by these parties and that migrants in turn become political resources. Employing a post-structural feminist perspective Tyner questions the very ontology of migration.
The Philippines is the world's largest exporter of temporary contract labor with a huge 800,000 workers a year being deployed on either six month or two year contracts. This labor migration is highly regulated by the government, private, and non-governmental/non-private organizations. Tyner argues that migrants are socially constructed, or 'made' by these parties and that migrants in turn become political resources. Employing a post-structural feminist perspective Tyner questions the very ontology of migration.
