Bangladeshi migration to Singapore : a process-oriented approach /: a process-oriented approach. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Md Mizanur Rahman.
• Authors: Rahman, Mizanur, 1972-
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Pictures; List of Tables; List of Non-English (Bengali) Words; 1 Migration of Labour in the Global South: An Introduction; Linking Migration Causes to Migration Outcomes; Conceptualizing Migration as a Social Process; Researching Bangladeshi Migration; Research Methodology; Fieldwork in Singapore; Fieldwork in Bangladesh; Structure of the Book; 2 Immigration and Integration Policy in Singapore; Immigration Research in Singapore; Nature of Immigration Policy; Broader Features of Immigration Policy in Singapore. Classes of Non-resident Foreign Manpower in SingaporeEmployment Pass (EP) and Special (S) Pass for Professional and Skilled Foreign Manpower; Work Permit (WP) for Semi-skilled Foreign Manpower; Administrative and Legal Frameworks for Managing Foreigners; Specific Policies Targeting Semi-skilled Foreign Workers; Pathways of Professional, Skilled, and Semi-skilled Foreigners; Integration of Immigrants and Emigrants into the Singapore Society; 3 Social Imperatives of Labour Migration; Social Organizations in a Bangladeshi Village; Claiming Social Status: From Traditional Tools to New Tools. Relative Social Status: A Crucial Sending-End FactorThe Geographical Imagination: Perception of Bidesh; Migration, Remigration, and the Cultural Notion of Work; The Diminishing Role of Conventional Education; 4 Channelling Bangladeshi Migrants to Singapore; Interplay Between Networks and Institutions; The Migrant Network Sphere; Social Bases of Network-Assisted Migration; Formation and Operation of Migrant Networks; The Recruitment Sphere; The Recruitment Structure; The Economic Aspect of Recruitment; Reciprocity and Migration; The Other Side of Social Capital. 5 Social Worlds of Migrants in SingaporeWorking Conditions; Living Situations; Medical Care; Religious Life; Migrant Poetry: A Reflection on Migrant Life; Migrant-Focused Organizations; 6 Remittance as a Social Process; Data Sources; Remittance Transfer Channels; Remittance Prices; Context of Remittance-Sending; Context of Remittance Receiving; Recipients of Remittances; Remittance Control; Use of Remittances: The Migrant Worker's Perspective; Use of Remittances: The Household's Perspective; 7 Migration and Family Dynamics; Impacts of Migration on Demographic Structure. Impacts of Migration on Economic ConditionsImpacts of Migration on Education, Medical Care, and Food Consumption; Homes in Migrant Baris: Cultural Consumption and Status Display; Dhadon: A Business Enterprise for Migrant Wives; Outward and Upward Social Mobility; Generational Dynamics; 8 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 331.1095492; Social sciences; Foreign workers, Bangladeshi -- Singapore; Migrant labor -- Bangladesh; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations; Emigration and immigration; Foreign workers, Bangladeshi; Migrant labor; Business & Economics -- Development -- General; Development economics & emerging economies; Migration; Development economics; Social Science -- Emigration & Immigration; Migration, immigration & emigration; Bangladesh -- Emigration and immigration; Singapore -- Emigration and immigration; Bangladesh; Singapore; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811038587; 9811038589
• Related ISBNs: 9789811038563; 9811038562
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 31, 2017).
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