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Migrant Dubai - Low Wage Workers and the Construction of a Global City

English · Hardback

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Informationen zum Autor Laavanya Kathiravelu is Assistant Professor in the Division of Sociology at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She is also a Fung Fellow at Princeton University, USA, in 2015/16. Her research sits at the intersection of international migration and contemporary diverse cities, especially in the Global South. Klappentext This book analyzes the everyday lives of labour migrants in a rapidly developing city-state. Using the emirate of Dubai as a case study, Migrant Dubai shows that even within highly restrictive mobility regimes, marginalized migrants find ways to cope with structural inequalities and quotidian modes of discrimination. Zusammenfassung This book analyzes the everyday lives of labour migrants in a rapidly developing city-state. Using the emirate of Dubai as a case study! Migrant Dubai shows that even within highly restrictive mobility regimes! marginalized migrants find ways to cope with structural inequalities and quotidian modes of discrimination. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Situating Dubai2. Dubai as Metaphor. Corporate Entity! Global City! Hope and Mirage3. Migrants and the State. Structures of violence! co-ethnic exploitation and the transnationalisation of rights4. Neoliberal Narratives. Migrant self-constructions and the performance of empowered subjectivities5. The Divided City. Gated communities! everyday mobilities and public space6. Social Networks. Informal solidarities and an ethic of 'care'7. Conclusion

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