From Servants to Workers: South African Domestic Workers and the Democratic State

by Shireen A. Ally

Book Overview

In the past decade, hundreds of thousands of women from poorer countries have braved treacherous journeys to richer countries to work as poorly paid domestic workers. Scholars and activists denounce compromised forms of citizenship that expose these women to at times shocking exploitation and abuse.In From Servants to Workers, Shireen Ally asks whether the low wages and poor working conditions so characteristic of migrant domestic work can...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801475872
• ISBN13: 9780801475870
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: ILR Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher