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

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Hannah Uprety

Becoming a Migrant Worker in Nepal

The Governmentality and Marketization of Transnational Labor

Hannah Uprety

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Transcript Verlag
26 August 2022

Migration, immigration & emigration; Sociology: work & labour

Series: Culture and Social Practice

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.

By: Hannah Uprety
Imprint: Transcript Verlag
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 24mm, Width: 16mm, Spine: 2mm
Weight: 624g
ISBN: 9783837662122
ISBN 10: 3837662128
Series: Culture and Social Practice
Pages: 378
Publication Date: 26 August 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Hannah Uprety, born in 1986, obtained her PhD in geography at Universität Münster. Her interests include migration studies, globalization and transnational labor, as well as poststructuralist, postcolonial, and feminist perspectives. She currently works in the social sector.

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

»The book contributes importantly to a much needed holistic analysis that weaves the local, national, and international functioning of the labour market to create and sustain hierarchies based on ethnicity and nationality, and use these criteria to bend workers to submit, to the benefit of employers and recruitment agencies.« * Anita Ghimire, Pacific Affairs, 97/3 (2024) *