With this book, Wright demonstrates how migration is deeply informed both by workers' dreams for the future and the ghosts of history, including the enduring legacies of colonial capitalism. As workers navigate bureaucratic hurdles to migration and working conditions in the Gulf, they in turn influence and inform state policies and corporate practices. Placing migrants at the center of global capital rather than its periphery, Wright shows how migrants are not passive bodies at the mercy of abstract forces—and reveals through their experiences a new understanding of contemporary resource extraction, governance, and global labor.
With this book, Wright demonstrates how migration is deeply informed both by workers' dreams for the future and the ghosts of history, including the enduring legacies of colonial capitalism. As workers navigate bureaucratic hurdles to migration and working conditions in the Gulf, they in turn influence and inform state policies and corporate practices. Placing migrants at the center of global capital rather than its periphery, Wright shows how migrants are not passive bodies at the mercy of abstract forces—and reveals through their experiences a new understanding of contemporary resource extraction, governance, and global labor.
Between Dreams and Ghosts: Indian Migration and Middle Eastern Oil
288Between Dreams and Ghosts: Indian Migration and Middle Eastern Oil
288Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781503630109 |
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Publisher: | Stanford University Press |
Publication date: | 11/09/2021 |
Series: | Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures |
Pages: | 288 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d) |