Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community
Volume 45, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 7-18

Partnership working as liberation psychology: Forced labor among UK Chinese migrant workers (Article)

Lawthom R.* , Kagan C. , Burton M. , Lo S. , Mok L. , Sham S. , Baines S. , Greenwood M.
  • a Department of Psychology, Research Institute for Health and Social Change, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom
  • b Department of Psychology, Research Institute for Health and Social Change, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom
  • c Department of Psychology, Research Institute for Health and Social Change, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom
  • d Wai Yin Chinese Women Society, Manchester, United Kingdom
  • e Wai Yin Chinese Women Society, Manchester, United Kingdom
  • f Wai Yin Chinese Women Society, Manchester, United Kingdom
  • g Department of Psychology, Research Institute for Health and Social Change, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom
  • h Wai Yin Chinese Women Society, Manchester, United Kingdom

Abstract

In this article we seek to reflect critically on some recent research we have carried out, in collaboration with a Chinese welfare NGO, on the experience of forced labor among Chinese migrant workers in the UK. We will (a) locate briefly the wider political context of migrant work (both regular and irregular) in the UK; (b) explore how and why the actual research methods and process of the research deviated in practice from those that were planned; and (c) show the extent to which aspects of the research process reflected a liberation psychology perspective. © 2017 Taylor & Francis.

Author Keywords

Migrant workers Liberation psychology Chinese Forced labor

Index Keywords

Social Control Policies China human international cooperation organization social support ethnology Social Conditions human rights International Agencies interview migrant worker social status Humans psychology social control Interviews as Topic male female welfare cultural factor human experiment migration United Kingdom politics Cultural Characteristics Transients and Migrants decision making Organizations employment
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85009468167&doi=10.1080%2f10852352.2016.1197730&partnerID=40&md5=069d6023d81ed4fda1c1a3f8c136018d
DOI: 10.1080/10852352.2016.1197730
ISSN: 10852352
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English