
Poverty, Gender and Migration
SAGE Publications Inc (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 7. February 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
260 pages
978-0-7619-3459-2 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
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 DevelopmentMore details
Series
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
295 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7619-3459-2 (9780761934592)
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Content
Series Introduction
When Poor Women Migrate - Sadhna Arya and Anupama Roy
Unraveling Issues and Concerns
Bringing Home the Money - Sepali Kottegoda
Migration and Poverty in Gender Politics in Sri Lanka
Leaving Home: Filipino Women Surviving Migration - Maureen C Pagaduan
Poverty, Globalisation and Gendered Labour Migration in Nepal - Jagannath Adhikari
Migration,Gender and Poverty - Arjan de Haan
Family as the Missing Link
Power, Culture and Resources in Gendered Seasonal Migration from Santal Parganas - Nitya Rao
Adivasis, Gender and Migrations - Shashank Shekhar Sinha
Re-Situating Women of Jharkhand
Just Surviving or Finding Space to Thrive? The Complexity of Internal Migration of Women in Bangladesh - Janet Seeley et al
Migrating for Work - Ravinder Kaur
Rewriting Gender Relations
Sex Work, Poverty and Migration in Eastern India - Geetanjali Gangoli
Solicitation, Migration and Day Wage Labour - Svati P Shah
Gender, Sexuality and Negotiating Work in the City
Index
When Poor Women Migrate - Sadhna Arya and Anupama Roy
Unraveling Issues and Concerns
Bringing Home the Money - Sepali Kottegoda
Migration and Poverty in Gender Politics in Sri Lanka
Leaving Home: Filipino Women Surviving Migration - Maureen C Pagaduan
Poverty, Globalisation and Gendered Labour Migration in Nepal - Jagannath Adhikari
Migration,Gender and Poverty - Arjan de Haan
Family as the Missing Link
Power, Culture and Resources in Gendered Seasonal Migration from Santal Parganas - Nitya Rao
Adivasis, Gender and Migrations - Shashank Shekhar Sinha
Re-Situating Women of Jharkhand
Just Surviving or Finding Space to Thrive? The Complexity of Internal Migration of Women in Bangladesh - Janet Seeley et al
Migrating for Work - Ravinder Kaur
Rewriting Gender Relations
Sex Work, Poverty and Migration in Eastern India - Geetanjali Gangoli
Solicitation, Migration and Day Wage Labour - Svati P Shah
Gender, Sexuality and Negotiating Work in the City
Index