Bridget Anderson

Review: "There has been a tendency amongst feminists to see domestic work as the great leveller, a common burden imposed on all women equally by patriarchy. This unique study of migrant domestic workers in the North uncovers some uncomfortable facts about the race and class aspects of domestic oppression. Based on original research, it looks at the racialisation of paid domestic labour in the North - a phenomenon which challenges both the industrial democracies' own self-image as equitable societies generally, and feminism in particular."--Jacket.

The Global Politics of Domestic Labour

Doing the Dirty Work?

A Caribbean cruise appears to be the perfect antidote for Cheryl and Jamal's failing marriage.

Soul Mates

While attending night school during the summer, Bobbie Cunningham, determined to make something of her life, meets the man of her dreams in Quentin Brooks, but their newfound romance is put to the test when a dark secret from Quentin's past is exposed, placing them both in danger. Original.

Hot Summer Nights

Martin Ruhs

Are migrant workers needed to 'do the jobs that locals will not do' or are they simply a more exploitable labour force? Do they have a better 'work ethic' or are they less able to complain? Is migrant labour the solution to 'skills shortages' or actually part of the problem? This book provides a comprehensive framework for analysing the demand for migrant workers in high-income countries. It demonstrates how a wide range of government policies, often unrelated to migration, contribute to creating a growing demand for migrant labour. This demand can persist even during economic downturns. The book includes quantitative and qualitative analyses of the changing role of migrants in the UK economy. The empirical chapters include in-depth examinations of the nature of staff shortages and the use of migrant workers in six sectors: health; social care; hospitality; food production; construction; and financial services. The book' s conceptual framework and empirical findings are of importance to academic and policy debates about labour immigration in all high-income countries. The final chapter presents a comparative analysis of research and policy approaches to assessing labour shortages in the UK and the US. It examines the potential lessons of the UK's Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) for current debates about labour shortages and immigration reform in the US. The book will be of significant interest to policy-makers, stakeholders, academics and students.

Labour shortages, immigration, and public policy

Who Needs Migrant Workers?

Terra Little

JOURNEY TO MY HEART The fiery beauty playing bodyguard to a bank heist witness arouses FBI agent Cooper Talbot’s suspicions…and desire. Independent contractor Olivia Carrington could be concealing her own complicity. But Cooper can’t fight the combustible attraction that leads them into a clandestine romance. Can he put aside his past for a woman in danger? Or is he falling for Olivia at his own peril? THE SWEETEST AFFAIR Pastry chef Tracee Coleman dreams of opening her own café. But when a chance encounter with a hotel heir literally sends her flying into his arms, her vow to avoid romantic distractions goes up in flames. Tall, strong and sexy, Laurent Martin is as commanding in the boardroom as he is in the bedroom. But will Tracee be able to forgive him when his true business intentions are exposed?

A 2-in-1 Collection

Journey to My Heart & The Sweetest Affair

Us and Them? explores the distinction between migrant and citizen through using the concept of 'the community of value'. The challenges of migration go to the heart of equality, rights, freedom, and membership. These are not only matters for migrants but go to the heart of citizens' politics.

The Dangerous Politics of Immigration Control

Us and Them?

Vanessa Hughes

This edited volume analyzes citizenship through attention to its Others, revealing the partiality of citizenship's inclusion and claims to equality by defining it as legal status, political belonging and membership rights. Established and emerging scholars explore the exclusion of migrants, welfare claimants, women, children and others.

Citizenship and its Others

Determined to save her fourteen-year-old brother from the addiction that claimed their older brother, Jodie Dickerson moves back to Memphis, Tennessee, only to come face to face with William Duncan, the handsome one-time jock who had been driving the car that had killed her older brother just days before their senior prom. Original.

Sweet Memphis Crush

Photographs and simple text teach children about the divisions of living things into kingdoms, families, species, and other classification groups.

Bridget Anderson

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