Precarious lives

Engaging with contemporary debates about precarity, unfreedom and socio-legal status, this ground breaking book presents the first evidence of forced labour among displaced migrants who seek refuge in the UK.

List of contents

Introduction ;
Free markets, closed borders: migration policy and entry into forced labour;
Experiences of forced labour;
Status matters: socio-legal status and forced labour among asylum seekers and refugees;
The struggle to exit exploitation;
From forced labour to unfreedom : conceptualising migrant lives;
Conclusions: Hyper precarity.

About the author

Dr Hannah Lewis is Research Fellow in Critical Human Geography, University of Leeds with research interests in forced migration, immigration and asylum policy, unfree/forced labour, community and social relationships.
Peter Dwyer is Professor of Social Policy at the University of York, UK. His research focuses on issues related to social citizenship and migration.
Dr Stuart Hodkinson is a Lecturer in Critical Urban Geography, University of Leeds. His research focuses on urban contestation over privatisation, gentrification and the right to the city.
Dr Louise Waite is Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Leeds with research interests in migration, citizenship, unfree/forced labour and exploitative work.

Summary

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Engaging with contemporary debates about precarity, unfreedom and socio-legal status, this ground breaking book presents the first evidence of forced labour among displaced migrants who seek refuge in the UK.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Dwyer, Peter ( University of York Department of Social Policy and Social Work Dwyer, Peter (University of York Department of Social Policy and Social Work Dwyer, Stuart Hodkinson, Hannah Lewis, Hannah ( University of Sheffield ) Lewis, Hannah (University of Sheffield) Lewis, Louise Waite, Louise ( University of Leeds ) Waite, Louise (University of Leeds) Waite
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.11.2014
• EAN: 9781447306900
• ISBN: 978-1-4473-0690-0
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 240 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 517 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories