A "risky" business? : : Ukrainian migrant women in Warsaw's domestic work sector / / Marta Kindler.
This book is about migration as a form of risk-taking. Based on Ukrainian women's experiences in the Polish domestic work sector, it presents a new approach to analyse movements of female migrants responding to the demand for household labour around the world. Risks involved in migration and in...
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Superior document: | IMISCOE dissertations |
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Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press,, 2008. |
Year of Publication: | 2008 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
Series: | IMISCOE dissertations.
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (215 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s). |
Notes: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jan 2021). |
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Other title: | Front matter -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Ukrainian migrant women, migrant domestic work and risk -- 2. Risk, migration and migrant domestic work: Selected theory and research review -- 3. Theoretical approach and research methodology applied in this study -- 4. Ukrainian migrant women's images of risk -- 5. Legal risks of migration and legal risk-balancing strategies -- 6. Risks and risk strategies in migrant domestic work -- 7. Familiar risk: Ukrainian women in the Polish domestic work sector -- Notes -- References |
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Summary: | This book is about migration as a form of risk-taking. Based on Ukrainian women's experiences in the Polish domestic work sector, it presents a new approach to analyse movements of female migrants responding to the demand for household labour around the world. Risks involved in migration and in migrant domestic work are accounted for in detail alongside an analysis of the migration decision-making processes. This study shows how social ties and migrant institutions effectively reduce the otherwise radical asymmetry of power between an individual migrant, the state and an employer. A Risky Business? brings to light the complex risk structures of migrants' activities and their sophisticated responses to them. With their innovative strategies, migrants challenge government-imposed constraints and thus reduce the risks of migration. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 1280667001 9786613643933 9048514479 |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Marta Kindler. |