{"product_id":"9783837662122","title":"Becoming a Migrant Worker in Nepal","description":"\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? Based on multi-sensory ethnographic research in Nepal, Hannah Uprety retraces the practices of recruitment and instruction that – step by step – transform Nepali labor into an internationally marketable commodity. In doing so, she uncovers a migration regime that effectively turns local men and women into »migrant workers« before they even leave the country.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"transcript","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65418462724445,"sku":null,"price":41.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.gazellebookservices.co.uk\/products\/9783837662122","provider":"Gazelle Book Services","version":"1.0","type":"link"}