Rationalizing Migration Decisions

Labour Migrants in East and South-East Asia
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-4094-0513-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 276 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 584 g

While decisions for working overseas are often based on expectations and promises of better jobs, opportunities, economic gains and, eventually, a better future, such assumptions may not always be realized. Focusing on the question of why migrants, despite not realizing their earlier aspirations, continue to remain as migrants rather than return home, this book provides a unified understanding of the rationalization of the migration decision making. It does so by empirically situating the study in the experiences of Bangladeshi migrant workers in Hong Kong and Malaysia.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ullah, A K M Ahsan

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Allgemeines, Karten & Atlanten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I Setting the Scene; Chapter 1 Introduction: Migration as a Twenty-First Century Issue; Chapter 2 Theoretical and Methodological Considerations; Chapter 3 Socio-Economic and Demographic Profiles; Part II The Migration Process; Chapter 4 Networks and Routes Used to Get to Destinations; Chapter 5 The Finance and the Costs of Migration; Part III Rationalizing Post-Migration Decisions; Chapter 6 Working and Living Conditions in the Host Countries; Chapter 7 The Dynamics of Income and Remittance; Chapter 8 Rationalization and the Implications;

Über Autor(innen)

A K M Ahsan Ullah, a development and human mobility specialist is Associate Director and Assistant Professor at the Center for Migration and Refugee Studies, American University in Cairo. His selected works appear at International Migration, Asian and Pacific Migration Journal and Routledge.