{"product_id":"becoming-a-migrant-worker-in-nepal-by-hannah-uprety-9783837662122","title":"Becoming a Migrant Worker in Nepal","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHigh-profile events such as the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar have made one thing abundantly clear: Much of today's economic growth would be unthinkable without the low-wage employment of migrant workers. But which cultural, economic, and political infrastructures in the \"source\" countries make these types of migration possible in the first place?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBased on multi-sensory ethnographic research in Nepal, Hannah Uprety retraces the practices of recruitment and instruction that—step by step—transform Nepali labour into an internationally marketable commodity. In doing so, she uncovers a migration regime that effectively turns local men and women into \u003cem\u003emigrant workers\u003c\/em\u003e before they even leave the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47470068531436,"sku":"9783837662122","price":114.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9783837662122-becoming-a-migrant-worker-in-nepal.jpg?v=1775211647","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/becoming-a-migrant-worker-in-nepal-by-hannah-uprety-9783837662122","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}