The politics of women and migration in the global South. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David Tittensor, Fethi Mansouri, editors.
• Editors: Tittensor, David; Mansouri, Fethi
• Contents: Contributors; List of Figures; Chapter 1: Introducing and Contextualising Feminised Migration; Book Structure; Concluding Remarks; Notes; References; Chapter 2: The Feminisation of Migration? A Critical Overview; Drivers of Female Migration; Women Migrants Between Agency and Vulnerability; Indonesia: Women as Remittance Heroes and Victims of Abuse; Mexico and Its (Forgotten) Remittance Heroes and Internal Migratory Victims; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 3: Gender and Migration Policies in Asia; Introduction; De-feminisation of Migration in Asia? State Policies for International Female Migration in Asia: Migrant-Receiving StatesMigrant Women and Economic Development; International Female Migration as a Solution to Population Aging; Domestic Workers as Conspicuous Consumption; The State Dilemma: The Role of Foreign Domestic Workers in Nation Building; Gender-Differentiated Emigration Policies: Cases of Migrant-Sending States; The Mobility Restrictions on Women; The Symbolic Gender Politics and State Paternalism; Towards Global Governance of International Female Migration: The Global Alliance to Protect Domestic Workers; Conclusion NotesReferences; Chapter 4: Indonesian Maids in the Arab World: Hopes, Dreams, and Disillusionment; Introduction; Indonesian Maids in the Middle East; The Women of Cianjur; The Maids' Dilemma; Agency, Empowerment, and Well-Being Amongst Maids; References; Chapter 5: Masculinisation or Feminisation? Lebanese Emigration and the Dynamics of Arranged Cousin Marriages in Australia; Introduction; Changing Migration Policy; Re-negotiating Marriage Between Hadchit and Sydney; Implications for Cousin Marriage; Conclusion: Masculinisation or Feminisation?; Notes; References Chapter 6: Women at Risk and Their Right to Asylum in AustraliaIntroduction; Responsibility to Protect; Why Do Forcibly Displaced Women and Children Face Acute Vulnerability?; Pervasive Gender Inequality; Violence Against Women; What Limits Women's Opportunities for Protection?; Myanmar; Syrian Arab Republic; Australia's Responsibility to Protect Women from Extreme Vulnerability; Conclusion; Note; References; Chapter 7: Who Cares? The Unintended Consequences of Policy for Migrant Families; Introduction; The Centrality of Caregiving in Global Migration: The Need for an Ethics of Care Migration Policy and Carer Mobility: Challenges for AustraliaMobility, Care and Policy Gaps; The Portability of Care; Transnational Social Policy; Conclusions; Notes; References; Index
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave MacMillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 305.42; Political science; Women -- Legal status, laws, etc; Emigration and immigration; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies; Emigration and immigration; Women -- Legal status, laws, etc; Social Science -- Gender Studies; Social Science -- Emigration & Immigration; Political Science -- General; Development studies; Gender studies, gender groups; Migration, immigration & emigration; Politics & government; Political communication; Women in development; Sociology; Migration; Identity politics; Political science & theory; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137587992; 1137587997; 1137587989; 9781137587985
• Related ISBNs: 9781137587985
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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