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Subject(s)

• Migrant labor—Nepal [Browse]
• Labor policy—Nepal [Browse]
• Nepal—Emigration and immigration [Browse]

Translator

• Uprety, Amir [Browse]

Series

• Kultur und soziale Praxis [More in this series]
• Culture and social practice, 2703-0024

Summary note

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.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references.

Language note

In English, with some material translated from Nepali to English.

Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• List of Figures
• List of Abbreviations
• 1 Introduction
• Introduction
• 1.1 Nepali Labor Migration in the Global Economy
• 1.2 Research Approach and Guiding Questions
• 1.3 Structure of the Book
• 2 Conceptual Framework
• 2.1 Towards a Political Geography of Labor Migration
• 2.2 Conceptualizing the Governmentality of Migration
• 2.3 The Marketization of Migrant Labor
• 2.4 Assembling the Conceptual Building Blocks
• 3 Methodological Approaches towards an Ethnography of Government
• 3.1 Identifying the Research Context
• 3.2 Ethnographic Research Approach and Practice
• 3.3 Specific Tools of Analysis
• 4 Analysis: The Governmentality of Nepali Labor Migration
• 4.1 Governing through Recruitment
• 4.2 Governing Market Encounters
• 4.3 Governing through Instruction
• 4.4 Discussion: Governing Nepali Labor Migration and Migrant Subjectivities
• 5 Conclusion
• 5.1 Governing Nepali Migrant Subjects
• a Synopsis
• 5.2 Conceptual and Methodological Contributions
• 5.3 Empirical Contributions and Implications
• References
• Article's References
• Newspaper Articles
• Cited Primary Sources
• Appendix: Interview Guidelines
• Example 1: Guideline Recruitment Agencies (2018)
• Example 2: Guideline Technical Skill Training Institutes (2018)

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ISBN

• 3837662128
• 9783837662122

OCLC

1303080504

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