Gender, Temporary Work, and Migration Management

This book delves into migration management via an original case study of a guest worker programme involving the circular migration to Spain of female Moroccan agricultural workers destined for the strawberry agri-food industry in the south. To ensure that they do return to Morocco, mothers of young children are first earmarked and then selected on the basis of their poor, rural origins and the supposed "delicacy of their hands". This book analyses the mechanisms through which migration and workforces are controlled, while also addressing the paradoxical experience of these female seasonal workers, at the intersection of domination and emancipation.

Offers a useful theoretical framework for examining migration management as it intersects with gender and work Exposes the proliferation and ethical complications of circular and temporary migration schemes in Europe Integrates different bodies of research, combining policy analysis with the study of employment relations, gender, and agency

Autorentext
Djemila Zeneidi is Research Fellow at the French National Center for Scientific Research (Passages Umr 5319) in Bordeaux, France.

Inhalt

1. Introduction .- 2. Global Food and Utilitarian Migration in Huelva .- 3. Captive Bodies and Spatial Constraints .- 4. The Desire for Citizenship: Between Domination and Recognition .- 5. False Recognition and Citizenship: The End of a Dream .- 6. Escaping the Management Apparatus: Running Away or Disappearing? .- 7. Conclusion: Junk Space and Junk Workers.