Negotiating Citizenship »

Abigail B. Bakan is in the Department of Political Studies at Queen's University, Ontario, Canada.

Daiva Stasiulis is in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University, Ottowa, Canada.

Negotiating Citizenship explores the growing inequalities associated with nation-based citizenship from the perspective of migrant women workers who have made their way from impoverished Third World countries to work in Canada in the caregiving industries of domestic service and nursing. The study demonstrates the impact of the global political economy, public and private gatekeeping mechanisms, and racialized and gendered stereotypes on the contested relationship between citizen-employers and non-citizen female migrant workers in Canada.