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High-profile events such as the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar have made one thing abundantly clear: Much of today's economic growth would be unthinkable without the low-wage employment of migrant workers. But which cultural, economic, and political infrastructures in the "source" countries make these types of migration possible in the first place? Based on multi-sensory ethnographic research in Nepal, Hannah Uprety retraces the practices of recruitment and instruction that - step by step - transform Nepali labor into an internationally marketable commodity. In doing so, she uncovers a migration regime that effectively turns local men and women into "migrant workers" before they even leave the country.

Becoming a Migrant Worker in Nepal: The Governmentality and Marketization of Transnational Labor

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High-profile events such as the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar have made one thing abundantly clear: Much of today's... Read more

    Publisher: Transcript Verlag
    Publication Date: 15/08/2022
    ISBN13: 9783837662122, 978-3837662122
    ISBN10: 3837662128

    Number of Pages: 378

    Non Fiction , Politics, Philosophy & Society

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    High-profile events such as the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar have made one thing abundantly clear: Much of today's economic growth would be unthinkable without the low-wage employment of migrant workers. But which cultural, economic, and political infrastructures in the "source" countries make these types of migration possible in the first place? Based on multi-sensory ethnographic research in Nepal, Hannah Uprety retraces the practices of recruitment and instruction that - step by step - transform Nepali labor into an internationally marketable commodity. In doing so, she uncovers a migration regime that effectively turns local men and women into "migrant workers" before they even leave the country.

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