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Showing 1 to 20 of 46 for “"Migrant Labour"”.
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Migrant labour in contemporary South Africa
… focus on the interactions between migration and labour force participation decisions. Using the GPS coordinates in South Africa’s first nationally representative panel dataset, the National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS), migration is defined as a movement of individuals across municipal boundaries …
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The state and politics of migrant labour in Kuwait
… state in Kuwait and the use of large numbers of migrant workers in the Kuwaiti economy. Migrant labour has become essential not only in every aspect of economic life but also as a means of reproducing state power based on traditional social relations. An understanding of the migrant labour system …
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Migrant Labour Exploitation in New Zealand: A Critical Analysis of the Political Discourse
Migrant labour exploitation often occurs in countries where there are significant numbers of seasonal migrant labour (SML) workers. A significant share of New Zealand’s workforce is made up of SML and due to this extensive reliance on imported labour, cases of SML exploitation are common. Earlier …
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Migrant labour remittances : the developmental cycle and rural differentiation in a Lesotho community
… the problem of the impact of a migratory wage-labour system on relations of production and of distribution in rural Lesotho. Some 200 000 of that country's 1,25 million people are oscillating labour migrants to South Africa, most of them men. Their earnings, remitted to their rural home …
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Development as unfreedom : the role of mine migrant labour institutions as agents of development in the Transkei, 1886-1980s
… liberal historians predominantly criticised the migrant labour system for its economic irrationality. After high GDP growth and steady benefits from gold mining in the 1960s, Marxist scholars in the 1970s pointed to the destructive impact of the system. Since 1994, the challenge inter alia has …
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Organised labour and migration in the global age: a comparative analysis of trade union responses to migrant labour in Austria, Germany, Ireland and the UK
… 2004 in particular has created a new dynamic of labour migration in Europe, sometimes raising concerns about social dumping and a ‘race to the bottom’. In the context of the weakening of organised labour, the deregulation of national labour markets and the spread of rather precarious employment …
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Social housing as heritage : case study : Langa hostels : whose values and what significance?
… decade ago. In brief, this is the story of Langa migrant labour hostels reviewed for its meaning as heritage to the diverse communities within Langa, compared with an earlier 2001/2 official evaluation by the state-led heritage management institutions. It is within a broader socio-political, …
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A critical analysis of current housing and accommodation practices in the gold mining industry : the case of JCI
… system of hostel accommodation. South African migrant workers now have access to a broader range of housing options including home ownership schemes and off-mine rental schemes. These initiatives are critically examined and their implications for workers and the migrant labour system are …
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Transforming migrancy: Basotho experience and participation in the South African labour system
The question investigated in this study is the migrant labour system with special reference to Basotho workers. South Africa has some of the poorest labour relations in the world, and the migrant labour crisis is an important component of this problem. Questions outstanding include the approach …
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Basotho and the mines : towards a history of labour migrancy, c.1890-1940
… Part I focuses on the context and dynamics of labour migration and recruitment in Lesotho during the late 1880s to the late 1930s. This Part lays the basis for subsequent sections by showing which sections of Basotho opted for labour migrancy; and why it was men and not women who, initially at …
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Labour market outcomes, migration intentions of rural-urban migrants and return migration in China
It has been widely documented that migrant labourers have made great contributions to the urban economy of China; as well, the explosive growth of rural-urban migrants has generated several "migration problems," such as growing social inequality in urban China. It is widely reported that a large …
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Women of St. Marks, Transkei : negotiating customary law, c.1940 - c.1960
… brought about by Christianity, capitalism and migrant labour. Missionary teachings, colonial rule, capitalism and migrant labour were significant social and economic factors that greatly affected the lives of the women of St. Marks. In court, educated women married by Christian rites were able …
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Social and religious institutions of the Tlhaping of the Taung reserve.
… of kinship ties, and the participation in migrant labour. By far the most prominent type of religion in this society to-day is that represented by the Christian churches, and the major part of this study therefore deals with the churches, but in a separate chapter the remnants of pagan …
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Stó:lō Relationalities: Exploring Infrastructures of Climate Adaptation along the Fraser River
… builds on connected histories of indigeneity, migrant labour, and modern colonial conditions. ‘Mapping’ also becomes integral for macroscopic and embodied interpretations of the Stó:lō, followed by the design of a socio-ecological infrastructure addressing climate change from a cultural angle. …
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A forgotten corner of Namibia: aspects of the history of the Caprivi Strip, c1939-1980
… could comprise separate studies. These include migrant labour, mission or Christian eduction, subsistence economy, medical history, traditional institutions and contested chieftaincies, cross border history, landscape perceptions. Instead of specificity, a researcher on a area such as the …
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My mom is not interested : a case study of a daughter and her intellectually disabled mother
… under siege of the apartheid group areas act, migrant labour, endemic poverty, widespread HIV/Aids and ongoing political uncertainty. As disorganised attachments in early life result in complex relational disturbance, this research paper commences with a detailed review of the literature on …
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A History of the Ovambo of Namibia, c 1880-1935
… from this time. Prior to colonial occupation migrant labour to southern mines began, but supply never equalled demand. The rinderpest epidemic of 1897 and famine in 1915 accentuated processes of internal socio-economic change already underway since the involvement of political elites in …
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A profile of workers who are HIV/AIDS positive at Portnet Richards Bay during the year 1998/1999 and implications for health education
… study confirmed the hypotheses made which are: ❖ Migrant labour contributes to the spread of HIV/AIDS as workers stay away from their homes and therefore tempted to be unfaithful to their marriage partners by having extra marital relations. ❖ A large number of workers in industry reside in rural …
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