Regulating Class Privilege: Immigrant Servants in Canada, 1940's-1990's

by Patricia M. Daenzer

During the five decades of the transformation of the policies which regulated the importation and placement of immigrant women into household service work in Canada, the policy was variously regulated by internal procedures, policy statements and operational guidelines. This study examines these changes with a focus on understanding how a bureaucracy such as Employment and Immigration Canada contributes, through its mandate, to shaping social relationships in the Canadian labour force and society.

178 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1998