One Way Ticket (1983) examines the ‘hidden armies’ of migrant women workers who have since the 1950s fulfilled a demand for low-skilled, low paid and insecure work in both the formal and informal economies of Western Europe. It presents a new focus for the examination of labour migration and of the specific character of female employment. It looks at the relationship between motherhood, waged work and ethnicity; the position of a second generation of black women workers; and the oppression and exploitation of migrant women by their male counterparts through the creation of ‘ethnic’ economies.
Introduction Annie Phizacklea 1. Women in Migration: Beyond the Reductionist Outlook Mirjana Morokvasic 2. Motherhood and Waged Work: West Indian, Asian and White Mothers Compared Karen Stone 3. The Second Generation: West Indian Female School-Leavers Shirley Dex 4. Sexual Divisions and Ethnic Adaptation: The Case of Greek-Cypriot Women Floya Anthias 5. In the Front Line Annie Phizacklea 6. Living in Between: Turkish Women in their Homeland and in the Netherlands Lenie Brower and Marijke Priester 7. Transnational Production and Women Workers Mary Hancock
Biography
Annie Phizacklea
