Transnational Migration and the Commodification of Im/migrant Female Labourers in Canada
- Petsa
2004
- May-akda
Habiba Zaman
- Buod
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
- Dami
29
- Page numbers
41-61
- Connections
- Pang-ekonomiyang sektor
Occupations in services - Domestic work and Home child care providers
- Mga Uri ng Nilalaman
Policy analysis
- Target na mga grupo
Mananaliksik
- Geographical kaugnayan
National relevance
- Spheres ng aktibidad
Pag-aaral sa Kasarian at iyag and Socioligie
- Wika
Ingles