Transnational Migration and the Commodification of Im/migrant Female Labourers in Canada
- Date
2004
- Auteurs
Habiba Zaman
- Résumé
While economic liberalism has produced a mobile transnational labour force, it has also created a process that concentrates im/migrant female labourers in Canada in a deregulated, exploitative work environment. This paper investigates the processes of various forms of commodification originating from Canada's Live-in-Caregiver Program (LCP) & shows that the accelerated de-skilling of female domestic workers through the LCP has paved the way for the partial commodifcation of these labourers. The paper undertakes an analysis of macroprocesses within a political economy theoretical framework & reviews migration from theoretical & feminist perspectives. By examining race, class & gender dynamics in transnational migration, I demonstrate the processes involved in the commodifying of im/migrant women workers in Canada, that turn them into what some label as "feudal indentured labourers.". 59 References. Adapted from the source document.
- Journal title
International Journal of Canadian Studies/Revue internationale d'etudes canadiennes
- Volume
29
- Page numbers
41-61
- Liens
- Secteurs économiques
Occupations in services - Domestic work et Home child care providers
- Types de contenu
Policy analysis
- Groupes cibles
Chercheurs
- Pertinence géographique
National relevance
- Sphères d’activité
Études en genre et sexualité et Socioligie
- Langues
Anglais