Gridlock : Labor, Migration, and Human Trafficking in Dubai.

Gridlock : Labor, Migration, and Human Trafficking in Dubai.

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Gridlock explores how migrant workers' actual experiences in Dubai contrast with the typical discussions--and global moral panic--about human trafficking.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator: Mahdavi, Pardis.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: Redwood City : Stanford University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Foreign workers > United Arab Emirates > Dubayy (Emirate).
Forced labor > United Arab Emirates > Dubayy (Emirate).
Human trafficking > United Arab Emirates > Dubayy (Emirate).
Dubayy (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) > Emigration and immigration > Economic aspects.
Electronic books.
Local Note:Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Prologue
  • 1. Trafficking Trafficking
  • 2. Dubai Inc.
  • 3. Sex Work
  • 4. Migration in Context
  • 5. Labor Outside Law
  • 6. An (Un)Civil Society
  • 7. Building Towers, Building Structures
  • 8. Building Castles in the Sand
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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