Abstract
Labor migration has become an increasingly pressing issue for Middle Eastern governments. In addition to questions of basic human rights that have occupied national and international public opinions, labor migration raises important questions of governance, citizenship, and political representation. This chapter’s focus on Lebanon with its relatively open and plural political and social systems aims to illustrate the means of political inclusion of migrant domestic workers’ rights in the policymaking process. While the inclusion of such rights has so far been very limited, it still warrants special attention as it illustrates the interaction of civil society groups with international actors that surpass the more narrow institutions of the state. This chapter uses Rosenau’s concept of spheres of authority for the study of Lebanon’s system of governance and the inclusion of migrant rights in the political process.
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Sater, J. (2013). Migrant Workers, Labor Rights, and Governance in Middle Income Countries: The Case of Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon. In: Seeberg, P., Eyadat, Z. (eds) Migration, Security, and Citizenship in the Middle East. The Modern Muslim World. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137345417_6
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