Situating migrants in theory: The case of Filipino migrant contract construction workers

Capital & Class
Volume 10, Issue 2, 1986, Pages 130-149

Situating migrants in theory: The case of Filipino migrant contract construction workers (Article)

Gibson K. , Graham J.

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Abstract

The remittances of overseas contract workers have become a mainstay of many Southeast Asian economies, particularly the Philippines. This article suggests that the growth of contract labour migration in the contemporary global context is of great economic and political significance to both international capital and the nation state, but that migration theory as it currently stands finds difficulty in specifying the particular distinctiveness of this new form of migrant labour. © 1986, SAGE Publications. All rights reserved.

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DOI: 10.1177/030981688602900107

ISSN: 03098168

Cited by: 25

Original Language: English