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South Asian Migration in the Gulf: Causes and Consequences

Editat de Mehdi Chowdhury, S. Irudaya Rajan
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 12 apr 2018
This volume explores the reasons behind, and impact of, the migration of South Asian nationals (from India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bhutan and Maldives, Afghanistan and Myanmar) in the Gulf countries (Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE and Bahrain). The authors provide a broad overview of the demographics of the phenomenon, its mechanisms, and focus on the contribution of migrants in various sectors including construction, health and education, and the overall labour market in the Gulf. The book also taps into the regional geo-politics and its links to the South Asian Migration in the Gulf. This book is recommended reading to all those interested in international migration and labour issues.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783319718200
ISBN-10: 3319718207
Pagini: 216
Ilustrații: XVI, 216 p. 23 illus., 15 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.53 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2018
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

Chapter 1: Asian Migration to the Gulf States in the 21st Century.
Chapter 2: Demography of the Gulf Region.
Chapter 3: Is it the Kafala Tradition to Blame for the Exploitative Work Conditions in the Arab-Gulf countries?.
Chapter 4: South Asian Migration in the Gulf: Topics for Economic Investigations.
Chapter 5: Labour Markets in the Gulf and South Asian Migration.
Chapter 6: Gender Issues, Changing Roles, and Migration: A Review of the Gulf Countries.
Chapter 7: Outward Remittances from the Gulf.
Chapter 8: South Asian Migrants and the Construction Sector of the Gulf.
Chapter 9: Geopolitics of the Middle East and South Asia: Changing Relationships through the Movement of Migrant Workers.

Notă biografică

Mehdi Chowdhury is Senior Lecturer in Economics at Bournemouth University, UK. He has a PhD in Economics from the University of Nottingham, UK. His research interests include international migration and human capital. He has published widely in international journals and also contributed a chapter on migration to the Palgrave Dictionary of Emerging Markets and Transition Economics.
S. Irudaya Rajan is Professor at the Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. He has 30 years of research experience, has coordinated six large-scale major migration surveys and has published extensively in national and international journals on social, economic and demographic implications of international migration. He has worked on projects with the European Union, International Labour Organization, World Bank, International Organization of Migration, South Asian Network of Economic Institutes (SANEI), Rockefeller Foundation, and United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organizations (UNESCO). Since 2010, he has been Editor of the annual series India Migration Report and since 2012, Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Migration and Development.

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This volume explores the reasons behind, and impact of, the migration of South Asian nationals (from India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bhutan and Maldives, Afghanistan and Myanmar) in the Gulf countries (Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE and Bahrain). The authors provide a broad overview of the demographics of the phenomenon, its mechanisms, and focus on the contribution of migrants in various sectors including construction, health and education, and the overall labour market in the Gulf. The book also taps into the regional geo-politics and its links to the South Asian Migration in the Gulf. This book is recommended reading to all those interested in international migration and labour issues.

Caracteristici

Empirically analyses the phenomenon of South Asian migration to the Gulf countries
Provides an interdisciplinary perspective of the causes and consequences
Contributions from leading figures in the field