What if vulnerability is the point? Rethinking the state's role in structural exploitation

The Department of Political Studies Corry Colloquium Speaker Series presents:

Monique Deveaux - 카지노게임사이트 of Guelph

"What if vulnerability is the point? Rethinking the state's role in structural exploitation" 

Thursday, February 27, 2025 

2:30-4:00 PM

Robert Sutherland Hall | Room 448

Light refreshments served

About the talk:

In public discourse, the exploitation of workers is thought to be a violation of labour laws, typically the outcome of actions by unscrupulous employers. Much labour exploitation, however, happens within larger legal and political structures widely seen as legitimate 카지노 게임 컬렉션” notably, immigration regimes and employment programs. Focusing on the plight of migrant workers, I examine the role that states play in deliberately producing and sustaining systemic conditions of structural vulnerability. Reflecting on current political and legal challenges to Canada카지노 게임 컬렉션™s temporary migrant labour programs, I discuss key reforms that advocates seek, despite the knowledge that the vulnerability of migrant workers is intentional. I also consider whether recent legal approaches to holding states accountable for contributing to structures of exploitation can deliver transformational change.

Biography: 

is a Professor in the Department of Philosophy and a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Ethics & Global Social Change at the 카지노게임사이트 of Guelph.