01379nam a2200181Ia 4500 181130s2018 xx 000 0 und d Ireland, Patrick R. The limits of sending-state power: the philippines, Sri Lanka, and female migrant domestic workers 2018 p.322-337. Jun Sending states have taken various measures to protect their female nationals serving abroad as domestics. A most-similar case comparison is constructed between the Sri Lankan and Philippine states� defenses of �their� female migrant domestic workers (FMDWs), employing process tracing and relying on data from archival research, interviews, policies, and official statements. Existing explanations for sending-state actions stress dependence on remittances, receiving-country conditions, and the democratic incorporation of emigrants. Here, however, a stock of FMDWs with more highly valued human capital attributes, combined with a stronger civil society and greater gender equity, is shown to compel and enable the Philippine state to adopt a more assertive approach than its Sri Lankan counterpart in defending those migrants.� - Reproduced. Domestic workers Female domestic workers Migration International Political Science Review Migration 506681 506681 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-12-07 39(3), Jun, 2018: p.322-337. AR118476 2018-12-07 2018-12-07 AR