Politics of migrant labour

Politics of Migrant Labour

At a time when worker shortages have emerged as a global challenge, this highly original book bridges migration and labour studies to examine worker m

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Migrant Labour After Apartheid

Focuses on internal migrants and migration. The book cautions against a linear narrative of change and urban transition. It investigates urbanisation

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Migrant Labour and the Reshaping of Employment Law

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Rethinking the Politics of Labour in Canada

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Capitalism, Development and Empowerment of Labour

The neoliberal approach presents politics and political economy as nuisances which disturb the smooth operation of self-regulating markets. But politi

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The Question of Skill in Cross-Border Labour Mobilities Taylor & Francis Ltd

Taking the view that alsquo,skillsarsquo, are socially constructed categories and highly malleable concepts in practice, this edited volume centres the discussion on the following questions: Who are the arbitrators of skill? What constitutes skill? And how is skill constructed in the migration process and in turn, how does skill affect the mobility? The empirical studies ...

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Affect, Narratives and Politics of Southeast Asian Migration

This book explores the politics of gendered labour migration in Southeast Asia through the stories and perspectives of Indonesian and Filipina women p

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The Cultural Politics of Anti-Elitism Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book examines the highly ambivalent implications and effects of anti-elitism. It draws on this theme as a cross cutting entry point to provide transdisciplinary analysis of current conjunctures and their contradictions, drawing on examples from popular culture and media, politics, fashion, labour, and spatial arrangements. Using the toolboxes of media and discourse a...

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Sounds of Crossing

Alex E. Chávez explores the contemporary politics of Mexican migrant cultural expression manifest in huapango arribeo, a musical genre from north-cen

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Age of Unpeace

A FINANCIAL TIMES ECONOMICS BOOK OF THE YEAR'Compulsively readable... An essential course in geopolitical self-help' - Adam Tooze'Full of fresh - and often surprising - ideas' - Niall Ferguson 'Extraordinary... One of those rare books that defines the terms of our conversation about our times' - Michael Ignatieff We thought connecting the world would bring lasting peace. ...

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Work and the Carceral State

The politics of punishment meet labour exploitation in this new analysis

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Harvesting Freedom

In this singular firsthand account, a former migrant worker reveals a disturbing system of exploitation at the heart of Canada's farm labour system.

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Office Without Power

Presents a record of British politics as observed both from the heart of the Cabinet and the Labour Party. This title reveals Labour's experience of O

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The Dream of Europe : Travels in a Troubled Continent - Mak Geert

Anotace: How did the great European dream turn sour? And where do we go from here?From the author of the internationally acclaimed In Europe, a stunning history of our present, examining the first two decades of this most fragile and fraught new millennium.The great European project was built out of a common desire for peace, prosperity and freedom; a wish for a united E...

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The Dream of Europe : Travels in a Troubled Continent - Geert Mak

<p>How did the great European dream turn sour? And where do we go from here? From the author of the internationally acclaimed In Europe, a stunning history of our present, examining the first two decades of this most fragile and fraught new millennium. The great European project was built out of a common desire for peace, prosperity and freedom; a wish for a unite...

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The Hammer

A timely, in-depth, and vital exploration of the American labour movement and its critical place in our society and politics, from acclaimed labour re

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On Women: A new collection of feminist essays from the influential writer, activist and critic, Susan Sontag - Sontagová Susan

Anotace: `A brilliant, glittering intelligence` Sunday TimesOn Women brings together Susan Sontag`s most fearless and incisive writing on women, a crucial aspect of her work that has not until now received the attention it deservesWritten during the height of second-wave feminism, Sontag`s essays remain strikingly relevant to our contemporary conversations. At times powe...

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On Women: A new collection of feminist essays from the influential writer, activist and critic, Susan Sontag - Susan Sontag

‘A brilliant, glittering intelligence’ Sunday TimesOn Women brings together Susan Sontag's most fearless and incisive writing on women, a crucial aspect of her work that has not until now received the attention it deservesWritten during the height of second-wave feminism, Sontag's essays remain strikingly relevant to our contemporary conversations. At times powerfully in ...

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Divided They Fell

Examines the failures of mainstream politics, and in particular the inability of the centre-left – the UK Labour Party and France's Parti Socialiste

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Rotters' Club

A zestful comedy of personal and social upheaval, this book captures a fateful moment in British politics - the collapse of 'Old Labour' - and imagine

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Islam and Egalitarianism in Colonial Bengal Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book is a historical exploration of the social and cultural processes that led to the rise of the ideology of labor as a touchstone of Bengali Muslim politics in late colonial India. A novel contribution to the study of Bengal and Pakistan’s origins, the book will be of interest to researchers studying South Asian history, the history of colonialism and end of empire...

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MAD Dinner - Brendan McGetrick,Chen ShuYu

Anotace: První publikace o slavném čínské architektonické kanceláři MAD. MAD vyhrál řadu mezinárodních soutěží jako např. Absolute Tower v Torontu. <p>Young and innovative, the Beijing-based architectural firm "MAD" has gained international acclaim. MAD Dinner presents the firm's use of high-tech visualisations and imaginary shapes with proposals for...

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MAD Dinner

První publikace o slavném čínské architektonické kanceláři MAD. MAD vyhrál řadu mezinárodních soutěží jako např. Absolute Tower v Torontu. Young and innovative, the Beijing-based architectural firm "MAD" has gained international acclaim. MAD Dinner presents the firm’s use of high-tech visualisations and imaginary shapes with proposals for the sustainable future of the Chi...

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MAD Dinner - A Monograph on the Beijing-Based MAD Offic - Brendan McGetrick

<p>První publikace o slavném čínské architektonické kanceláři MAD. MAD vyhrál řadu mezinárodních soutěží jako např. Absolute Tower v Torontu.</p><p>Young and innovative, the Beijing-based architectural firm "MAD" has gained international acclaim. MAD Dinner presents the firm’s use of high-tech visualisations and imaginary shapes with proposals ...

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