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Migrant Dubai : low wage workers and the construction of a global city / Laavanya Kathiravelu

By: Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Global diversities | Global Diversities SerPublisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (x, 246 pages)ISBN:
  • 9781137450180
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9781137377517 | 1137377518 | 9781137450173 | 1137450177 | Erscheint auch als: Migrant Dubai. Druck-Ausgabe Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. x, 246 SeitenDDC classification:
  • 331.6/2095357
RVK: RVK: MS 3550LOC classification:
  • HD8666.Z8
Online resources: Summary: This book analyzes the everyday lives of labour migrants in a rapidly developing city-state. Using the emirate of Dubai as a case study, Migrant Dubai shows that even within highly restrictive mobility regimes, marginalized migrants find ways to cope with structural inequalities and quotidian modes of discrimination.Summary: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction: Situating Dubai -- 2 Dubai as Metaphor: Corporate Entity, Global City, Hope and Mirage -- 3 Migrants and the State: Structures of Violence, Co-ethnic Exploitation and the Transnationalisation of Rights -- 4 Neoliberal Narratives: Migrant Self-Constructions and the Performance of Empowered Subjectivities -- 5 The Divided City: Gated Communities, Everyday Mobilities and Public Space -- 6 Social Networks: Informal Solidarities and an Ethic of "Care" -- 7 Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.PPN: PPN: 860318087Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-26-MYL | ZDB-30-PQE
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