Description
Book SynopsisA fascinating look at migrant labour in London, based on interviews with more than 800 foreign-born workers
Trade Review'The voices of migrant workers come alive in these pages' -- Jamie Peck, Professor of Geography, University of British Columbia
'A rare but critical window into the scale, nature and contradictions of contemporary immigration into the UK' -- Danny Sriskandarajah, former Head of Migration at the Institute for Public Policy Research
'A very timely book. The description of migration-based divisions in the labour market should be of concern to all policy makers and politicians currently involved in planning a way out of deep recession' -- Don Flynn, Director of the Migrants Rights Network
Table of ContentsList of tables
List of figures
List of plates
List of acronyms
Acknowledgements
1. Deregulation, migration and the new world of work
2. Global city labour markets and London's new migrant division of labour
3. London's low paid foreign-born workers
4. Living and remaking London's ethnic and gender divisions
5. Tactics of survival amongst migrant workers in London
6. Relational lives: Migrants, London and the rest of the world
7. Remaking the city: Immigration and post-secular politics in London today
8 Just geographies of (im)migration
Appendices
References
Index
