The Politics of Migrant Labour - (Understanding Work and Employment Relations) Abridged by Gabriella Alberti & Devi Sacchetto (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

The turnover of labour and its significance for workers and employers has usually been considered at the organizational level as individual exit behaviour, and seldom in relation to the cross-border mobility practices of migrant workers within and without the workplace.

Drawing from labour process theory, the autonomy of migration, social reproduction, and industrial relations, this book explores the relationship between labour mobility and international migration under a global and historical perspective.

Uncovering both the individual and collective actions by migrants inside and outside worker organizations, the authors develop a new understanding of migrants' everyday mobilities as creative and life-sustaining strategies of social reproduction and labour conflict.

Review Quotes

"This book provides a fresh perspective on understanding the politics of migrant labour today. I would recommend it to students and researchers interested in the sociology of work and employment, as well as industrial relations scholars and academics in labour studies." An International Journal of Employment Relations

"A sorely needed theoretical dive, laying the groundwork for research centring migrant agency, its diverse expressions, and the dynamics shaping labour mobility--a critical read for scholars across disciplines." Organization

About the Author

Gabriella Alberti is Associate Professor of Work and Employment Relations and Researcher at the Centre for Employment Relations Innovation and Change (CERIC) at the University of Leeds.

Devi Sacchetto is Professor of Sociology of Work at the Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology at the University of Padova, .