Global cities at work : : new migrant divisions of labour / / Jane Wills [and five others].

• VerfasserIn: Wills, Jane,
• Place / Publishing House: London ;, New York : : Pluto,, [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This book is about the people who always get taken for granted. The people who clean our offices and trains, care for our elders and change the sheets on the bed. Global Cities at Work draws on testimony collected from more than 800 foreign-born workers employed in low-paid jobs in London during the early years of the twenty-first century. This book breaks new ground in linking London's new migrant division of labour to the twin processes of subcontracting and increased international migration that have been central to contemporary processes of globalisation. It also raises the level of debate about migrant labour, encouraging us to look behind the headlines. The authors ask us to take a politically informed view of our urban labour markets and to prioritise the issue of poverty in underemployed communities.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Photos -- List of Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Deregulation, Migration and the New World of Work -- 2. Global City Labour Markets and London's New Migrant Division of Labour -- 3. London's Low-Paid Foreign-Born Workers -- 4. Living and Remaking London's Ethnic and Gender Divisions -- 5. Tactics of Survival among Migrant Workers in London -- 6. Relational Lives: Migrants, London and the Rest of the World -- 7. Remaking the City: Immigration and Post-Secular Politics in London Today -- 8. Just Geographies of (Im)migration -- Appendices -- References -- Index.