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Migrant Labour System

The "Migrant Labour System" is a socio-economic structure under which laborers are recruited from rural or foreign regions to work temporarily in urban or industrial centers, typically in mines or agriculture, while being denied permanent settlement rights and social integration, thereby maintaining a controlled, racially stratified workforce central to the economic and political architecture of apartheid-era Southern Africa.

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730

Birds of Passage: Migrant Labor and Industrial Societies.

William Alonso, Michael J. Piore · Population and Development Review · 1981 · 1.3K citations

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Capitalism and cheap labour-power in South Africa: from segregation to apartheid<sup>1</sup>

Harold Wolpe · Economy and Society · 1972 · 1.1K citations

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New Keywords: Migration and Borders

Maribel Casas‐Cortés, Sebastián Cobarrubias, Nicholas De Genova et al. · Cultural Studies · 2014 · 654 citations

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How the other half works: immigration and the social organization of labor

Choice Reviews Online · 2003 · 523 citations

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The Household Registration System and Migrant Labor in China: Notes on a Debate

Kam Wing Chan · Population and Development Review · 2010 · 508 citations

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Authors

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    Jonathan Crush

    Balsillie School of International Affairs, Canada

    17 publications · 548 citations

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    Bridget Anderson

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 556 citations

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  3. CM
    Colin Murray

    Newcastle University, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 831 citations

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  4. JC
    Jenny Chan

    Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR China

    5 publications · 486 citations

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  5. BR
    Ben Rogaly

    University of Sussex, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 641 citations

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Institutions

421

  1. University of Sussex

    Brighton, United Kingdom

    14 h-index

    17 publications

    996 citations

  2. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    18 publications

    1.7K citations

  3. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    12 h-index

    21 publications

    905 citations

  4. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    10 h-index

    10 publications

    594 citations

  5. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    9 h-index

    13 publications

    495 citations

  6. University of Birmingham

    Birmingham, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    10 publications

    991 citations

  7. University of Cape Town

    Rondebosch, South Africa

    8 h-index

    9 publications

    316 citations

  8. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    513 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

    JEMS · 42 publications · 1.9K citations

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  2. Journal of Southern African Studies

    JASS · 20 publications · 931 citations

    17

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  3. The Journal of African History

    15 publications · 689 citations

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  4. Work Employment and Society

    WES · 13 publications · 1.3K citations

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  5. International Migration Review

    IMR · 15 publications · 1.1K citations

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