Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5074537 Geoforum 2012 10 Pages PDF
Abstract
► I explore the impacts of the crisis on Keralite construction migrants in Dubai. ► Construction has been integral to global urban strategies to absorb surplus capital. ► A debt-based development regime worsened the effects of the crisis in Dubai. ► Migration debt and employer abuse compounded the effects of job loss on migrants.
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From Kerala to Dubai and back again: Construction migrants and the global economic crisis
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