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Labour in the Levant (2007)

Abstract
Against celebrations of the messianic potential of migrant labour, John Chalcraft presents the case of Syrian workers in Lebanon, where porous borders and hybrid identities serve to reproduce exploitative conditions. What motivations and aspirations underpin migration—and what routes might lead out of commodification’s web?

Publication details
Publisher New Left Review
Repository lseepr (United Kingdom)
Keywords DS Asia
Type Article, PeerReviewed
Relation http://www.newleftreview.org/?page=article&view=2668
http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/14826/