Becoming a Migrant Worker in Nepal: The Governmentality and Marketization of Transnational Labor

High-profile events such as the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar have made one thing abundantly clear: Much of today's economic growth would be unthinkable without the low-wage employment of migrant workers. But which cultural, economic, and political infrastructures in the »source« countries make...

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Main Author: Uprety, Hannah (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bielefeld transcript Verlag [2022]
Series:Kultur und soziale Praxis
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Online Access:DE-B1533
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Summary:High-profile events such as the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar have made one thing abundantly clear: Much of today's economic growth would be unthinkable without the low-wage employment of migrant workers. But which cultural, economic, and political infrastructures in the »source« countries make these types of migration possible in the first place? Based on multi-sensory ethnographic research in Nepal, Hannah Uprety retraces the practices of recruitment and instruction that - step by step - transform Nepali labor into an internationally marketable commodity. In doing so, she uncovers a migration regime that effectively turns local men and women into »migrant workers« before they even leave the country
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 04. Okt 2022)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (378 Seiten)
ISBN:9783839462126
DOI:10.1515/9783839462126

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