Migrant Dubai: Low Wage Workers and the Construction of a Global City

This book analyzes the everyday lives of labour migrants in a rapidly developing city-state. Using the emirate of Dubai as a case study, Migrant Dubai shows that even within highly restrictive mobility regimes, marginalized migrants find ways to cope with structural inequalities and quotidian modes of discrimination.

Author: Laavanya Kathiravelu
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 11/26/2015
Pages: 246
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 8.85h x 5.43w x 0.79d
ISBN: 9781137450173

About the Author
Laavanya Kathiravelu is Assistant Professor in the Division of Sociology at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She is also a Fung Fellow at Princeton University, USA, in 2015/16. Her research sits at the intersection of international migration and contemporary diverse cities, especially in the Global South.

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