Détails du document

Impression et sauvegarde

Thèse

Ideology and the formation of migration policy: The case of immigrant domestic workers, 1940-1990

Date

1991

Auteurs

Patricia Margot Daenzer

Résumé

This study will examine critically the historical development of Canadian migration policies and administrative practices which regulated the importation and employment of immigrant live-in domestic workers in Canada during the period 1940-1990. The policy currently known as the Foreign Domestic Movement has an instructive historical development. While labour market policies in general have tended to increase workers' rights and protection in the last half of the twentieth century, the domestic workers policy has a history of sporadic regressiveness. This study shows that the dominant features of the domestic workers policy for the duration of its development were racist, sexist, and subject to class biases. It also contributes to an understanding of federal government migration policies which relate specifically to women and racial minority groups.

Université

University of Toronto

Département académique

Sociology

Niveau

Ph.D.

Lieu de publication

Toronto

Fichiers joints

Liens

Secteurs économiques

Occupations in services - Domestic work

Types de contenu

Policy analysis

Pertinence géographique

Canada, Ontario, Alberta, Manitoba, Quebec, Colombie-Britannique, Autres provinces, Fédéral, Nouvelle-Écosse et National relevance

Sphères d’activité

Études culturelles et ethniques, Études en genre et sexualité, Droit, Gestion des ressources humaines, Science politique et Socioligie

Langues

Anglais