ABSTRACT
Women are relocating across nation-states and entering the global labor market in full force. This chapter looks at the consequences of state policies for the family lives of migrant domestic workers that limit their integration into their host societies. The incorporation of migrant Filipina domestic workers in state regimes, as observed by Abigail Bakan and Daiva Stasiulis, entails a paradoxical position of risking civil rights for the sake of economic gains. The chapter addresses the quasi-citizenship confronted by migrant Filipina domestic workers in various nation-states. The relegation of their status to quasi-citizenship is not restricted to illiberal nations and includes countries in Europe and America that have liberal state regimes. The imposition of quasi-citizenship on migrant domestic workers supports the growing trend of the “renationalization of politics”—increasing sentiments of nationalism in globalization. As a partial citizen, the duration of stay for migrant Filipina domestic workers is usually limited to the length of their labor contract.
