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Migration, Precarity, and
Global Governance
Challenges and Opportunities for Labour
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Carl-Ulrik Schierup,
Ronaldo Munck,
Branka Likić-Brborić,
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This book is a product of collaboration within a wide network of research-
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the organization of consecutive seminal international workshops and confer-
ences on labour market restructuring, citizenship, and the role of civil society
in the governance of migration has been granted by the Swedish Council for
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Contents
List of Contributors ix
1. Introduction: Migration, Precarity, and Global
Governance: Challenges and Opportunities for Labour 1
Carl-Ulrik Schierup, Ronaldo Munck, Branka Likić-Brborić,
and Anders Neergaard
Part I. Migration and the Current Transformation
2. Migration and Labour under Neoliberal Globalization:
Key Issues and Challenges 25
Raúl Delgado Wise
3. Migration, Precarious Work, and Rights: Historical and
Current Perspectives 46
Stephen Castles
4. Precarious Work, Immigration, and Governance 68
Bridget Anderson
5. From Denizens to Citizens: Forging a Precariat Charter 83
Guy Standing
6. Globalization, Trade Unions, and Labour
Migration: A Transformationalist Approach 101
Ronaldo Munck
Part II. Trade Union Trajectories
7. Trade Unions and Labour Migration: A Case for
New Organizational Approaches 121
Mary Hyland
8. Migration, Racialization, and Forms of Unfree Labour:
The Dilemma of Trade Union Solidarity 139
Anders Neergaard
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9. Immigrant Workers and the Labour Movement in the USA 160
Ruth Milkman
10. Irregular Migrant Labour, Trade Unions, and Civil Society
Organizations in Turkey 177
Seyhan Erdoğdu and Nazlı Şenses
11. A Toxic Embrace: Migration, Labour, and the Rainbow Nation’s
Neoliberal Pact 197
Carl-Ulrik Schierup
Part III. Promises and Disarray of Global Governance
12. Labour Rights as Human Rights? Trajectories in the Global
Governance of Migration 223
Branka Likić-Brborić and Carl-Ulrik Schierup
13. False Promises and Movements of Contestation in the Global
Garment Industry 245
Anna Weber, Bettina Musiolek, and Sam Maher
14. Global Migration Governance, Social Movements, and the
Difficulties of Promoting Migrant Rights 261
Nicola Piper and Jean Grugel
15. Labour, Migration, and Regional Integration: A North/South
Comparative Approach 279
Mary Hyland and Ronaldo Munck
Index 297
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List of Contributors
Bridget Anderson, Centre on Migration, Policy, and Society (COMPAS), University
of Oxford
Stephen Castles, University of Sydney
Raúl Delgado Wise, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, Mexico
Seyhan Erdoğdu, Ankara University
Jean Grugel, Sheffield University
Mary Hyland, Dublin City University
Branka Likić-Brborić, University of Linköping
Sam Maher, Labour Behind the Label, UK
Ruth Milkman, CUNY Graduate Center, USA
Ronaldo Munck, Dublin City University
Bettina Musiolek, Einewelt-Sachsen, Germany
Anders Neergaard, University of Linköping
Nicola Piper, University of Sydney
Carl-Ulrik Schierup, University of Linköping
Nazlı Şenses, Baskent University
Guy Standing, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
Anna Weber, University of Geneva
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