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100			_aIreland, Patrick R.
245			_aThe limits of sending-state power: _bthe philippines, Sri Lanka, and female migrant domestic workers
260			_c2018
300			_ap.322-337.
504			_dJun
520			_aSending 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.
650			_aDomestic workers
650			_aFemale domestic workers
650			_aMigration
773			_aInternational Political Science Review
906			_aMigration
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