A Risky Business?

Martha Kindler

Open Access Published by Amsterdam University Press 2012

A Risky Business?

Martha Kindler

In the series IMISCOE dissertations

https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048514472

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About this book

This book is about migration as a form of risk-taking. Based on Ukrainian women’s experiences in the Polish domestic work sector, it presents a new approach to analyse movements of female migrants responding to the demand for household labour around the world. Risks involved in migration and in migrant domestic work are accounted for in detail alongside an analysis of the migration decision-making processes. This study shows how social ties and migrant institutions effectively reduce the otherwise radical asymmetry of power between an individual migrant, the state and an employer. A Risky Business? brings to light the complex risk structures of migrants’ activities and their sophisticated responses to them. With their innovative strategies, migrants challenge government-imposed constraints and thus reduce the risks of migration.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Table of contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Acknowledgements Open Access Download PDF	7
1. Ukrainian migrant women, migrant domestic work and risk Open Access Download PDF	9
2. Risk, migration and migrant domestic work: Selected theory and research review Open Access Download PDF	19
3. Theoretical approach and research methodology applied in this study Open Access Download PDF	49
4. Ukrainian migrant women’s images of risk Open Access Download PDF	63
5. Legal risks of migration and legal risk-balancing strategies Open Access Download PDF	105
6. Risks and risk strategies in migrant domestic work Open Access Download PDF	137
7. Familiar risk: Ukrainian women in the Polish domestic work sector Open Access Download PDF	175
Notes Open Access Download PDF	188
References Open Access Download PDF	200

Language: English
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Pages
- Main content: 215

eBook

Published: January 30, 2012
ISBN: 9789048514472