{"product_id":"tomorrow-were-all-going-to-leigh-binford-9780292756885","title":"Tomorrow We're All Going to the Harvest: Temporary Foreign Worker Programs and Neoliberal Political Economy","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom its inception in 1966, the Canadian Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) has grown to employ approximately 20,000 workers annually, the majority from Mexico. The program has been hailed as a model that alleviates human rights concerns because, under contract, SAWP workers travel legally, receive health benefits, contribute to pensions, are represented by Canadian consular officials, and rate the program favorably. \u003ci\u003eTomorrow We're All Going to the Harvest\u003c\/i\u003e takes us behind the ideology and examines the daily lives of SAWP workers from Tlaxcala, Mexico (one of the leading sending states), observing the great personal and family price paid in order to experience a temporary rise in a standard of living. The book also observes the disparities of a gutted Mexican countryside versus the flourishing agriculture in Canada, where farm labor demand remains high.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawn from extensive surveys and nearly two hundred interviews, ethnographic work in Ontario (destination of over 77 percent of migrants in the author's sample), and quantitative data, this is much more than a case study; it situates the Tlaxcala-Canada exchange within the broader issues of migration, economics, and cultural currents. Bringing to light the historical genesis of \"complementary\" labor markets and the contradictory positioning of Mexican government representatives, Leigh Binford also explores the language barriers and nonexistent worker networks in Canada, as well as the physical realities of the work itself, making this book a complete portrait of a provocative segment of migrant labor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leigh Binford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292756887\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292756885\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 299\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.68d","brand":"Leigh Binford","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913563209983,"sku":"9780292756885","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_86ffd278-f8fe-4b71-83b2-5a8ec4246a69.jpg?v=1680621074","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tomorrow-were-all-going-to-leigh-binford-9780292756885","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}