Marketing Dreams, Manufacturing Heroes : : The Transnational Labor Brokering of Filipino Workers /

Marketing Dreams, Manufacturing Heroes : : The Transnational Labor Brokering of Filipino Workers / / Anna Romina Guevarra.

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In a globalized economy that is heavily sustained by the labor of immigrants, why are certain nations defined as "ideal" labor resources and why do certain groups dominate a particular labor force? The Philippines has emerged as a lucrative source of labor for countries around the world. I...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Guevarra, Anna Romina,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2009]
©2009
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (274 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. Home of the Great Filipino Worker
  • 2. Cultivating a Filipino Ethos of Labor Migration
  • 3. Governing and (Dis)Empowering Filipino Migrants
  • 4. Delivering "Our Contribution to the World"
  • 5. Selling Filipinas' Added Export Value
  • 6. Living the Dream
  • 7. Securing Their Added Export Value
  • 8. Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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