Precarious Lives
Forced Labour, Exploitation and Asylum
By Hannah Lewis, Peter Dwyer, Stuart Hodkinson and Louise Waite
Published
Nov 18, 2015Page count
232 pagesISBN
978-1447306917Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
Nov 19, 2014Page count
232 pagesISBN
978-1447306900Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
Nov 18, 2015Page count
232 pagesISBN
978-1447320999Dimensions
Imprint
Policy PressPublished
Nov 18, 2015Page count
232 pagesISBN
978-1447321002Dimensions
Imprint
Policy PressPublished
Nov 19, 2014Page count
232 pagesISBN
978-1447306924Dimensions
Imprint
Policy Press
Precarious Lives
Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence
This ground breaking book presents the first evidence of forced labour among displaced migrants who seek refuge in the UK.
Through a critical engagement with contemporary debates about precarity, unfreedom and socio-legal status, the book explores how asylum and forced labour are linked, and enmeshed in a broader picture of modern slavery produced through globalised working conditions.
Drawing on original evidence generated in fieldwork with refugees and asylum seekers, this is important reading for students and academics in social policy, social geography, sociology, politics, refugee, labour and migration studies, and policy makers and practitioners working to support migrants and tackle forced labour.
Dr Hannah Lewis is Research Fellow in Critical Human Geography, University of Leeds with research interests in forced migration, immigration and asylum policy, unfree/forced labour, community and social relationships.
Peter Dwyer is Professor of Social Policy at the University of York, UK. His research focuses on issues related to social citizenship and migration.
Dr Stuart Hodkinson is a Lecturer in Critical Urban Geography, University of Leeds. His research focuses on urban contestation over privatisation, gentrification and the right to the city.
Dr Louise Waite is Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Leeds with research interests in migration, citizenship, unfree/forced labour and exploitative work.
Introduction ;
Free markets, closed borders: migration policy and entry into forced labour;
Experiences of forced labour;
Status matters: socio-legal status and forced labour among asylum seekers and refugees;
The struggle to exit exploitation;
From forced labour to unfreedom : conceptualising migrant lives;
Conclusions: Hyper precarity.
