Poverty, Gender and Migration: 2 (Women and Migration in Asia) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761934596 ISBN 13: 9780761934592

Publisher: SAGE, 2006

Synopsis

This volume studies the new migratory flows among Asian women, focusing particularly on poverty and the attendant issues of powerlessness that mediate women′s migration. While gender provides the conceptual tool for mapping differential experiences of social reality, by identifying poverty and migration as significant axes around which social relations and processes unfold, the volume unravels the complex layers of needs, networks and choices that come into play in poverty-driven migration.

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Review

The issues covered are complex and challenging at the same time, filling the void in literature on the subject in various respects. What impresses the reader is the good editing, elaborate notes given at the end of each paper and an elaborate list of references (and further readings). The papers have balanced information collected and presented in qualitative terms as well as, most fitting for subjective topics such as this. The authors are drawn from a range or blend of social scientists, thereby adding to the inter-disciplinarity of the compendium. Needless to emphasise, the papers serve the purpose for which they have been published, i.e., inspiring further research and contemplation on a relatively less explored vista of gender studies. The book, therefore, is a necessary reading for all those concerned: academicians, researchers, policy makers and activists. Series editor as well as the volume editors deserves congratulation on bringing out the indispensable volume/s on the subject of gender and migration.

(Journal of Social and Economic Development)

Synopsis

Patterns of migration among Asian women are the focus of this book in which the contributors closely examine the complex layers of needs, networks and choices that are available in poverty-driven migration. While some of the essays deal with international migration, others look at internal migration and its associated problems within certain Asian countries. By bringing in shared experiences from various Asian countries, both in terms of migration within the region and outward migration, the book identifies patterns of similarity as well as differences within the broad framework of the capitalist world economy and changing patterns of labour relations.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761934596
• ISBN 13: 9780761934592
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 260
• Editor: Arya Sadhna, Roy Anupama