The Trafficker Next Door

The Trafficker Next Door makes the case that we must recognize the fusion of personal, cultural, legal, and structural components of live-in domestic work to eliminate trafficking in our country, neighborhoods, and homes.–Mary Romero, author of The Maid’s Daughter and former President of the American Sociological AssociationRhacel Salazar Parreñas has done it again! The culmination of twenty years of researching global migration, The Trafficker Next Door shows how the hidden abode of domestic labor can so easily slide into forced labor, how workers resist or put up with it, and how employers justify inhumane exploitation. A must read for anyone concerned with labor rights or human rights.–Michael Burawoy, author of Manufacturing Consent and former president of the American Sociological Association

Rhacel Salazar Parreñas is the Doris Stevens Professor in Women’s Studies and professor of sociology and gender and sexuality studies at Princeton University. The award-winning author of three previous books on labor, exploitation, and human trafficking, she lives in Princeton, New Jersey.