Class Inequality in the Global City
Migrants, Workers and Cosmopolitanism in Singapore
(Sprache: Englisch)
In striving to become cosmopolitan, global cities aim to attract highly-skilled workers while relying on a vast underbelly of low-waged, low status migrants. This book tells the story of one such city, and shows how cosmopolitanism is an aspirational...
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In striving to become cosmopolitan, global cities aim to attract highly-skilled workers while relying on a vast underbelly of low-waged, low status migrants. This book tells the story of one such city, and shows how cosmopolitanism is an aspirational construct created through global and national development strategies, migration and identity.Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Class Inequality in the Global City “
Introduction. Globalizing work in Singapore: class, migration and divisions of labour in the city-state
1. Researching inequality in the global city
2. Situating class in Singapore: State development and labour
3. Migrating to Singapore: Bangladeshi men
4. Commuting to Singapore: Johorean Malaysians
5. Constructing cosmopolitanism in Singapore: Financial professionals
Concluding Reflections
Autoren-Porträt von J. Ye
Junjia Ye is Lecturer in Human Geography at Massey University, New Zealand. She has published writings on cultural diversity, critical cosmopolitanism, class and gender studies. Alongside extensive ethnographic research methods, she also uses techniques of film and photography to create visual narratives through her work. She was previously Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Germany.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: J. Ye
- 2016, 1st ed., 193 Seiten, Maße: 21,6 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
- ISBN-10: 113743614X
- ISBN-13: 9781137436146
Sprache:
Englisch
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