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Author:   Aziz Choudry ,  Mondli Hlatshwayo
Publisher:   Pluto Press
Imprint:   Pluto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.370kg
ISBN:  

9780745335834

ISBN 10:   0745335837
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   20 December 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations 1. Just Work? Migrant Workers, Capitalist Globalisation and Resistance - Aziz Choudry and Mondli Hlatshwayo Part I: Africa and the Middle East 2. Xenophobia, Resilience and Resistance of Immigrant Workers in South Africa: Collective and Individual Responses - Mondli Hlatshwayo 3. States of Exclusion: Migrant Work in the Gulf Arab States - Adam Hanieh 4. Undocumented Migrant Workers in Nigeria: Labouring in the Shadows of Regional Integration - Baba Ayelabola Part II: Europe 5. Migrant Rights Activism and the Tree Workers Case in the Czech Republic - Marek an k 6. Towards a History of the Latin American Workers Association 2002–12 - Jake Lagnado 7. Lessons from Migrant Workers’ Organisation and Mobilisation in Switzerland - Vasco Pedrina Part III: Asia and the Pacific 8. Migrant Unionism in Hong Kong: A Case Study of Experiences of Foreign Domestic Workers in Union Organising - Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants 9. The Possibilities and Limitations of Organising Immigrant Workers in Japan: The Case of the Local Union of the All-Japan Metal and Information Machinery Workers’ Union - Hiroshi Ueki 10. Disaster Capitalism and Migrant Worker Organising in Aotearoa/New Zealand - Edward Miller and Dennis Maga Part IV: North America 11. Migrante, Abante: Building Filipino Migrant Worker Leadership through Participatory Action Research - Valerie Francisco 12. Temporary Employment Agency Workers in Montreal: Immigrant and Migrant Workers’ Struggles in Canada - Aziz Choudry and Mostafa Henaway Contributor Biographies Index

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'A distinctive and original collection' -- Mark Thomas, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, York University Timely and provocative... a smart and original contribution... [a] unique combination of theory and illustrative case studies. -- Samia Botmeh, Assistant Professor in Economics, Birzeit University, Palestine

'A distinctive and original collection' -- Mark Thomas, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, York University

Author Information

Aziz Choudry was Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Social Movement Learning and Knowledge Production in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education, McGill University, and Visiting Professor at the Centre for Education Rights and Transformation (CERT), University of Johannesburg. He is editor of The University and Social Justice, Activists and the Surveillance State and Just Work? Migrant Workers' Struggles Today (Pluto, 2020, 2019, 2016). Mondli Hlatshwayo is a senior lecturer in the Centre for Education Rights and Transformation at the University of Johannesburg. He is the co-editor of Just Work? (Pluto, 2015).

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