Download or read book Asian Migrant Yearbook written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Migrant Workers in Asia written by Nicole Constable and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides rich and provocative comparative studies of South and Southeast Asian domestic workers who migrate to other parts of Asia. These studies range from Hong Kong, Macau, and Singapore, to Yemen, Israel, Jordan, and the UAE. Conceptually and methodologically, this book challenges us to move beyond established regional divides and proposes new ways of mapping inter-Asian connections. The authors view migrant workers within a wider spatial context of intersecting groups and trajectories through time. Keenly attentive to the importance of migrants of diverse nationalities who have labored in multiple regions, this book examines intimate connections and distant divides in the social lives and politics of migrant workers across time and space. Collectively, the authors propose new themes, new comparative frameworks, and new methodologies for considering vastly different degrees of social support structures and political activism, and the varied meanings of citizenship and state responsibility in sending and receiving countries. They highlight the importance of formal institutions that shape and promote migratory labor, advocacy for workers, or curtail workers rights, as well as the social identities and cultural practices and beliefs that may be linked to new inter-ethnic social and political affiliations that traverse and also transform inter-Asian spaces and pathways to mobility. This book was published as a special issue of Critical Asian Studies.
Download or read book Love Sex and Activism written by Amy SIM and published by Amy Sim. This book was released on 2023-06-23 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the lives of Indonesian women employed in Hong Kong as Foreign Domestic Helpers. It tells of their lives as labour activists, leaders, religious leaders, lovers of men and women, undocumented migrants when they overstay their visas, single mothers and as wives in marriages that take place in Hong Kong. The reader will learn the inside stories of what gave them strength and the barriers they encountered to personal empowerment. I introduce the role of migrant-NGOs that assist them in Hong Kong and examine the nature of power exercised by the State and other non-State actors such as migrant-NGOs, employers and civil society that characterise their experiences in Hong Kong. Based on fifteen years of ethnographic research in Hong Kong, there are eleven chapters in this book. Chapter One begins with the effect of the Asian Financial Crisis that witnessed the systematic and exponential increase of Indonesian domestic workers in Hong Kong from 1,000 in 1990 to 40,000 in 2000 and 150,000 by 2011. Chapter Two provides the background of their employment in Hong Kong and their social and legal exclusions as Foreign Domestic Workers that gives context to the ensuing chapters. Chapter Three is about the rise of Indonesian women's labour activism, their participation and understanding of their own roles as activists and grassroots leaders. Chapter Four is about the rise of consciousness amongst Indonesian women migrant workers about their role as Muslims and their emergence as religious leaders for their compatriots in migration. Chapter Five presents their perspectives of power, leadership and authority as secular grassroots leaders in the Indonesian activist community in Hong Kong. Chapter Six presents Indonesian women's experiences of disempowerment in Indonesia from their discussions of a range factors including poverty, broken families, adultery, arranged marriages, son-preferences, favouritism among siblings, domestic violence in marriage, etc. and how activism in Hong Kong helped them recover. Chapter Seven is about the centrality of women's shelters and networks in Hong Kong and the nature of migrant-NGOs' role, leadership and power vis a vis grassroots migrant activists and leaders, and their supporters. Chapter Eight showcases the romantic relationships of Indonesian women migrants in Hong Kong with both local and foreign men, the problem of sexual violence, unwanted pregnancies, babies born in Hong Kong and brought home to Indonesia, those put up for adoption and Indonesian women's marriages and settlement in Hong Kong. Chapter Nine examines the stories of Indonesian women involved in same-sex relationships in Hong Kong with other Indonesian women, what these relationships mean to them and the relationship between labour migration and Indonesian women's transitory homosexual liaisons in Hong Kong. Chapter Ten is about how illegalities are created in labour migration by the nature of a range of actors including their employers, recruitment and employment agencies, by the State and its representatives and by Indonesian women who overstay their visas. It presents their experiences and perspectives as overstayers and highlights the dangers they encounter as undocumented migrants in Hong Kong. Chapter Eleven highlights further areas of research and concludes with theoretical concerns about how Indonesian women's agencies as individuals are often misread and the problems of misunderstanding agencies as generic, similar across different social groups (including women) and between individuals and institutionalised and collectivised agencies in academic work. The Author Amy Sim is a Cultural Anthropologist (PhD, HKU). She taught Anthropology, Gender, Globalisation and Migration Studies at the University of Hong Kong. Her research and publications focus on women’s transnational labour migration in East and Southeast Asia, women’s empowerment, leadership, gender issues and sexuality, and the development of NGOs for migrant workers in Hong Kong. She is an advocate of migrant women domestic workers in East and Southeast Asia for two decades. Prior to academia, she worked with communities in developing countries on issues of Sustainable Development from eco-tourism in Indonesia to income generation for women’s empowerment projects in Cambodia, Fiji, Indonesia, Laos, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. She was involved in international research, development and advocacy projects for the Governments of Canada and the United Kingdom and international NGOs.
Download or read book Democratization through Migration written by Christl Kessler and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2016-03-10 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In migration research, studies on the influence of return migrants on the societies in their home countries are still few and predominantly concentrate on the economic dimension of migration. The literature on democratization has likewise paid only scant attention to the external factors that play a role in the transition of states in the process of becoming more democratic. Cognizant of these lacunae in research on migration and democratization, this book sets out to argue that return migrants can play an important role in the consolidation process of young democracies. The goal is therefore to explore the nature of this influence and to discuss its stabilizing as well as destabilizing aspects with regards to democratization. As a case study this book analyzes “labor exporter par excellence,” the Philippines. Research is based on original data: a survey in the Philippines with 2,000 respondents, 37 in-depth interviews with respondents from the sample, and 45 expert interviews serving as background material. The destinations covered are Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Taiwan, Japan, and Hong Kong. This book discusses whether labor migration can affect democratization processes and what impact the political order of the host country has on this potential effect. It attests the potential of the migration experience to affect migrants' attitudes towards democracy, thus playing an important role in the support needed for democracies in the stage of consolidation. Our findings suggest that the migration experience may not only lead to a more critical stance towards the political system of the home country; there are also indicators of lesser support for the principles of democracy when compared to migrants about to leave the country for the first time. The political system of the destination as such seems to be a less decisive factor than the specific freedoms and restrictions experienced by migrants and a potential bias when selecting the destination.
Download or read book Migration in the Asia Pacific written by Robyn R. Iredale and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes statistics.
Download or read book Poverty Gender and Migration written by Sadhna Arya and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2006-03-09 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Security and Migration in Asia written by Melissa Curley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-07-30 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Security and Migration in Asia explores how various forms of unregulated and illegal forms of human movement within Asia and beyond the region have come to be treated as 'security' issues, and whether and how a 'securitization' framework enables a more effective response to them. The process and theory of 'securitization' and 'desecuritization' have been developed within the international relations literature by the so-call Copenhagen school scholars, including Barry Buzan and Ole Waever among others. The topics explored in this well- presented and engaging book cover geographic areas of China, Northeast Asia, Central Asia, the Russian Far East, Southeast Asia, and the Hong Kong SAR, and includes research on: human trafficking and people smuggling financing illegal migration and links to transnational organized crime regulated and unregulated labour migration the 'securitization' of illegal migration in sending, transit and receiving countries. This book provides compelling insights into contemporary forms of illegal migration, under conditions of globalization, and makes a contribution to the literature in international relations and migration studies.
Download or read book Migrations and Mobilities written by Seyla Benhabib and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Transnational Migration and Work in Asia written by Kevin Hewison and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing important sociological insight into the dynamics of migration the essays in this collection focus on issues associated with migration for work both in and from the Asian region. With contributions from an international team of well-known scholars, the text sets labor migration firmly within the context of globalization, providing a focused, contemporary discussion of what is undoubtedly a major twenty-first century concern. The first of its kind to look at the non-professionals who make up the vast majority of migrant workers in the region, the book analyses workers motivations and rationalities, highlighting the similarities of migration experiences throughout Asia. Presenting in-depth case studies of the real-life experiences and problems faced by migrant workers, the book discusses migrants relations with the state and their vulnerability to exploitation, as well as the major policy issues now facing governments, employers, NGOs and international agencies
Download or read book A World Without Walls written by Mike Moore and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-01-21 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mike Moore's insight as Director-General of the World Trade Organization contributes to the globalization debate.
Download or read book Migration Prostitution and Human Trafficking written by Min Liu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-12-02 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Migration, Prostitution, and Human Trafficking examines the nature, magnitude, and gravity of prostitution and sex trafficking--and the relationship between them--in contemporary China. By researching the backgrounds, circumstances, and other factors that drive Chinese women to migrate to Shenzhen, China, Liu hopes to shed light on the underlying reasons for their entry into the sex industry."
Download or read book Working Gendered Boundaries written by Anja Rudnick and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explores the short term migration of Bangladeshi women to Malaysia to work in labour intensive, export oriented factories, and considers the consequences of their decision to migrate. While international migration is a much discussed issue, so far little attention has been given to the vast flow of South-to-South migration, which is particularly large in Asia. The labour migration flows within this region are typified by their highly regulated nature, temporary character and by the predominance of females undertaking migration. So far, most academic attention has focused on permanent or settlement migration. This study aims to fill a gap in our understanding of migration theory by focusing on temporary migration processes. The study examines the reasons Bangladeshi women gave for migrating and how their experience impacted their lives during their migration and after their return. The findings underscore the importance of incorporating gender in migration theory and integrating it into analyses. While in most cases their migration was socio-culturally contested, the women say they migrated in an effort to improve their socio-economic standing. This proved in general to be more difficult than anticipated; wages were not paid according to contract or labour law, and male peers often opposed their efforts. The complex nature of these women's position and situation preclude unequivocal conclusions as to the possible benefits or losses resulting from migration. But by revealing the experiences of individual women, this study helps to clarify some of the ambiguities of the individual migrants complex reality. The analysis of their experiences exposes important gender dynamics.
Download or read book International Migration in Southeast Asia written by Aris Ananta and published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. This book was released on 2004-12-27 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes statistics.
Download or read book Common Ground written by Anthony M. Orum and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-09-10 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public spaces have long been the focus of urban social activity, but investigations of how public space works often adopt only one of several possible perspectives, which restricts the questions that can be asked and the answers that can be considered. In this volume, Anthony Orum and Zachary Neal explore how public space can be a facilitator of civil order, a site for power and resistance, and a stage for art, theatre, and performance. They bring together these frequently unconnected models for understanding public space, collecting classic and contemporary readings that illustrate each, and synthesizing them in a series of original essays. Throughout, they offer questions to provoke discussion, and conclude with thoughts on how these models can be combined by future scholars of public space to yield more comprehensive understanding of how public space works.
Download or read book Global Feminism written by Myra Marx Ferree and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2006-07-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the social and political developments that have energized movements of global feminism Increasingly feminists around the world have successfully campaigned for recognition of women's full personhood and empowerment. Global Feminism explores the social and political developments that have energized this movement. Drawn from an international group of scholars and activists, the authors of these original essays assess both the opportunities that transnationalism has created and the tensions it has inadvertently fostered. By focusing on both the local and global struggles of today's feminist activists this important volume reveals much about women's changing rights, treatment and impact in the global world. Contributors: Melinda Adams, Aida Bagic, Yakin Ertürk, Myra Marx Ferree, Amy G. Mazur, Dorothy E. McBride, Hilkka Pietilä, Tetyana Pudrovska, Margaret Snyder, Sarah Swider, Aili Mari Tripp, Nira Yuval-Davis.
Download or read book Women in Motion written by Nana Oishi and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on fieldwork in ten Asian countries, this book examines cross-national patterns and the impact of globalization, state policies, individual autonomy, and social factors on various women's international migration.
Download or read book International Labour Migration in the Middle East and Asia written by Kwen Fee Lian and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-08-22 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The discourse on migration outcomes in the West has largely been dominated by issues of integration, but it is more relevant to view immigration in non-Western societies in relation to practices of exclusion and inclusion. Exclusion refers to a situation in which individuals and groups are usually denied access to the goods, services, activities and resources associated with citizenship. However, this approach has been criticised in relation to gender issues, which are very relevant to the situation of migrants. The authors in this volume address this criticism. Furthermore, when framed within a North–South discourse, it may be potentially ethnocentric to assume that the experience of exclusion is cross-culturally uniform. Indeed, work on migration issues has invariably been conducted within such a discourse. The contributors go beyond this binary discourse of ‘exclusion versus inclusion’ which has dominated migration research. They examine the situation of migrants in the Middle East and Asia as one that encompasses both exclusion and inclusion, addressing related concepts of empowerment, ethnocracy, the feminisation of migration and gendered geographies of power, liberal constraint and multiculturalism, individual agency, migrant-friendly discourses, spaces of emancipation and spaces of insecurity. The book highlights current research in the Arab Gulf states, and examines multiculturalism in Asia more broadly. It will be of particular interest to students and researchers in international labour migration studies in the Middle East and Asia.
