“Supermaids”: Hyper-resilient Subjects in Neoliberal Migration Governance

• Published in: International political sociology Vol. 14; no. 4; pp. 366 - 381
• Main Author: Chee, Liberty
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 01.12.2020
• Subjects: Appeals; Deployment; Domestic service; Governance; Government employees; Housework; International relations; Labor market; Labor migration; Migrant workers; Migration; Neoliberalism; Politics; Rationality; Recruitment; Resilience; Security; Self control; Subjectivity; Training; Workers; United Kingdom; Southeast Asia; Malaysia; Philippines; Taiwan; Indonesia

Abstract Resilience is a concept in world politics that emerged as a way to respond to the impossibility of guaranteeing security in an era of complexity. Without a central authority to provide security, risk is devolved to the individual. Those who cannot secure themselves are enjoined to constantl...