What makes the labour exploitable is that it is drawn from sections of the population that are excluded from whatever legal, social or economic rights the mainstream workforce has acquired. The theme of globalisation evoked the debates on 'convergence' in the 1960s. As societies converged the logic of industrialism asserted itself in the minds of populations. The end of ideology ideology was simply ideology. A closer reading of the papers when published may answer this question.
Negotiations are underway for the conference papers to be published in book format.
Details will be announced in the merger 'MigCities Supplement' in due course. The second international conference of the MigCities Network will focus on social dynamics at the neighbourhood level in terms of adaptation and exclusion. Social exclusion can adopt different forms. Increasingly, it has become clear that the impact of shifts in the labour market can be intricately linked to the structure of the neighbourhoods. Migrants in neighbourhoods with strong concentrations of migrants may fare differently from their counterparts in more mixed neighbourhoods in the same city.