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Mobilizing migrants, making citizens: migrant domestic workers as political agents
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Abstract
It is now more important than ever to consider migrant mobilizations and how political communities are constructed. This paper describes how Waling Waling, a migrant domestic workers' organization, and their support group, Kalayaan, forged citizenship 'from below' and waged a successful campaign to ... view more
It is now more important than ever to consider migrant mobilizations and how political communities are constructed. This paper describes how Waling Waling, a migrant domestic workers' organization, and their support group, Kalayaan, forged citizenship 'from below' and waged a successful campaign to change the immigration status of domestic workers in part through turning constraints into opportunities. It also discusses how the logic of state sovereignty can recapture radical takings, and the opportunities and challenges that are faced in the new political climate of migrants as victims of trafficking.... view less
Keywords
migration
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Free Keywords
domestic workers; citizenship; trafficking; illegality; trades unions
Document language
English
Publication Year
2010
Page/Pages
p. 60-74
Journal
Ethnic and Racial Studies, 33 (2010) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870903023660
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)