Women in Motion : Globalization, State Policies, and Labor Migration in Asia /

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Women make up about half of the world's migrants, so it is little surprise that the international migration of women has been attracting significant attention in recent years. Most agree that global restructuring increasingly forces a large number of women in developing countries to emigrate to...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Oishi, Nana (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]
Temas:
Migration, Internal > Asia.
Women foreign workers > Asia.
Women in development > Asia.
Women's rights > Asia.
Sociology > Global Issues, Economy, and Work.
Sociology > Immigration.
Sociology > Race, Class, and Gender.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Tables and Figures
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. Introduction: Women in Global Migration
  • 2. Economic Development and Immigration Policies: The Role of the State and Society in Destination Countries
  • 3. Value-Driven Emigration Policies: The Role of the State in Countries of Origin
  • 4. Why Gendered Policies? The State, Society, and Symbolic Gender Politics
  • 5. The Road from Home: Women's Autonomy, Migration, and the Trapping Mechanism
  • 6. Social Legitimacy: The Nexus of Globalization and Women's Migration
  • 7. Conclusion: Toward Global Governance of Migration
  • Epilogue: Migration and Women's Empowerment
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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