%0 Journal Article
%T The limits of sending
%A Patrick R Ireland
%J International Political Science Review
%@ 1460-373X
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0192512118755597
%X Sending states have taken various measures to protect their female nationals serving abroad as domestics. A most-similar case comparison is constructed between the Sri Lankan and Philippine states¡¯ defenses of ¡®their¡¯ female migrant domestic workers (FMDWs), employing process tracing and relying on data from archival research, interviews, policies, and official statements. Existing explanations for sending-state actions stress dependence on remittances, receiving-country conditions, and the democratic incorporation of emigrants. Here, however, a stock of FMDWs with more highly valued human capital attributes, combined with a stronger civil society and greater gender equity, is shown to compel and enable the Philippine state to adopt a more assertive approach than its Sri Lankan counterpart in defending those migrants.
%K Female migrant domestic workers
%K sending states
%K the Philippines
%K Sri Lanka
%K diaspora institutions
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0192512118755597