A K M Ahsan Ullah

Rationalizing Migration Decisions

Labour Migrants in East and South-East Asia

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Produktbeschreibung

Examining how migrants go about making the decision to migrate and how they rationalize their decision post-migration, this book draws on an innovative blend of statistical analysis and interviews with Bangladeshi migrant workers in Hong Kong and Malaysia.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 586g
• ISBN-13: 9781409405139
• ISBN-10: 1409405133
• Artikelnr.: 45193328

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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