Mullally, Siobhan and Murphy, Cliodhna
(2014)
Migrant Domestic Workers in the UK:
Enacting Exclusions, Exemptions, and
Rights.
Human Rights Quarterly, 36 (2).
pp. 397-427.
ISSN 0275-0392
Abstract
Human rights law has begun to address the inequalities and exclusions that
structure the domain of domestic work. The “everyday” of exclusions from
employment law and social security, and precarious migration status, had,
until recently, attracted only limited attention. This article examines the
reforms introduced in the Overseas Domestic Workers (ODW) visa regime
in the United Kingdom. The move towards a more precarious migration
status for migrant domestic workers marks a rejection of the reforms secured
through sustained political activism. It also highlights the contingency and
instability of political moments that secure progressive change for migrants,
and the enduring limits of human rights law.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Additional Information: |
The definitive version of this article is available at: Human Rights Quarterly 36 (2014) 397–427 © 2014 by The Johns Hopkins University Press DOI: 10.1353/hrq.2014.0021 |
| Keywords: |
Migrant; Domestic Workers; UK; Human rights law; Employment Law; Social Security; Immigrant; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Law |
| Item ID: |
5696 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.1353/hrq.2014.0021 |
| Depositing User: |
Cliodhna Murphy
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| Date Deposited: |
20 Jan 2015 11:53 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Human Rights Quarterly |
| Publisher: |
John Hopkins University Press |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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| Use Licence: |
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