- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Pluto Press (31 Dec 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0745327990
- ISBN-13: 978-0745327990
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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The voices of migrant workers – so often silenced in mainstream discussions of the global city – come alive in these pages. Meticulously researched and powerfully argued, the book exposes the hidden hands that make global cities work, while staking a claim to a more just future. (Jamie Peck, Professor of Geography, University of British Columbia )
A rare but critical window into the scale, nature and contradictions of contemporary immigration into the UK. ... A welcome and essential read for anyone interested in going beyond simplistic headlines. (Danny Sriskandarajah, former Head of Migration at the Institute for Public Policy Research )
A very timely book. The description of migration-based divisions in the labour market should be of concern to all policy makers and politicians currently involved in planning a way out of deep recession. (Don Flynn, Director of the Migrants Rights Network )
A rare but critical window into the scale, nature and contradictions of contemporary immigration into the UK. ... A welcome and essential read for anyone interested in going beyond simplistic headlines. (Danny Sriskandarajah, former Head of Migration at the Institute for Public Policy Research )
A very timely book. The description of migration-based divisions in the labour market should be of concern to all policy makers and politicians currently involved in planning a way out of deep recession. (Don Flynn, Director of the Migrants Rights Network )
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Exposes London's reliance on migrants and explores the implications of this for employment, politics and policy--
This book is about the people who always get taken for granted. The people who clean our offices and trains, care for our elders and change the sheets on the bed. Global Cities at Work draws on testimony collected from more than 800 foreign-born workers employed in low-paid jobs in London during the early years of the new century.
Global Cities at Work breaks new ground in linking London's new migrant division of labour to the twin processes of subcontracting and increased international migration that have been central to contemporary processes of globalisation.
Global Cities at Work raises the level of debate about migrant labour, encouraging policy-makers, journalists and social scientists to look behind the headlines. The book calls us to take a politically-informed geographical view of our urban labour markets and to prioritise the issue of working poverty and its implications for both unemployment and community cohesion.
This book is about the people who always get taken for granted. The people who clean our offices and trains, care for our elders and change the sheets on the bed. Global Cities at Work draws on testimony collected from more than 800 foreign-born workers employed in low-paid jobs in London during the early years of the new century.
Global Cities at Work breaks new ground in linking London's new migrant division of labour to the twin processes of subcontracting and increased international migration that have been central to contemporary processes of globalisation.
Global Cities at Work raises the level of debate about migrant labour, encouraging policy-makers, journalists and social scientists to look behind the headlines. The book calls us to take a politically-informed geographical view of our urban labour markets and to prioritise the issue of working poverty and its implications for both unemployment and community cohesion.
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This book is more than what I was expecting. It gives a very special voice to immigrants in London and at the same time presents very important arguments that policy makers and the society in general should think about and consider.
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