Women in motion : globalization, state policies, and labor migration in Asia /
Oishi, Nana,
Women in motion : globalization, state policies, and labor migration in Asia / Nana Oishi. - Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, c2005. - xviii, 238 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-233) and index.
Introduction : women in global migration -- Economic development and immigration policies : the role of the state and society in destination countries -- Value-driven emigration policies : the role of the state in countries of origin -- Why gendered policies? The state, society, and symbolic gender politics -- The road from home : women's autonomy, migration, and the trapping mechanism -- Social legitimacy : the nexus of globalization and women's migration -- Conclusion : toward global governance of migration -- Epilogue : migration and women's empowerment.
0804746370 (cloth : alk. paper) 0804746389 (paperback : alk. paper) 9780804746373 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780804746380 (paperback : alk. paper)
2005014912
Women foreign workers--Asia.
Women's rights--Asia.
Women in development--Asia.
Migration, Internal--Asia.
Asia--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
HD6181.85 / .I37 2005
331.4/086/912095
Women in motion : globalization, state policies, and labor migration in Asia / Nana Oishi. - Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, c2005. - xviii, 238 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-233) and index.
Introduction : women in global migration -- Economic development and immigration policies : the role of the state and society in destination countries -- Value-driven emigration policies : the role of the state in countries of origin -- Why gendered policies? The state, society, and symbolic gender politics -- The road from home : women's autonomy, migration, and the trapping mechanism -- Social legitimacy : the nexus of globalization and women's migration -- Conclusion : toward global governance of migration -- Epilogue : migration and women's empowerment.
0804746370 (cloth : alk. paper) 0804746389 (paperback : alk. paper) 9780804746373 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780804746380 (paperback : alk. paper)
2005014912
Women foreign workers--Asia.
Women's rights--Asia.
Women in development--Asia.
Migration, Internal--Asia.
Asia--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
HD6181.85 / .I37 2005
331.4/086/912095