Women in motion : globalization, state policies, and labor migration in Asia /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Oishi, Nana.
Imprint:	Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2005.
Description:	xviii, 238 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Women alien labor -- Asia. Women's rights -- Asia. Women in development -- Asia. Migration, Internal -- Asia. Emigration and immigration -- Government policy. Migration, Internal. Women foreign workers. Women in development. Women's rights. Asia -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy. Asia.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5723824

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ISBN:	0804746370 (cloth : alk. paper) 0804746389 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-233) and index.

Table of Contents:

List of Tables and Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
1. Introduction: Women in Global Migration
2. Economic Development and Immigration Policies: The Role of the State and Society in Destination Countries
3. Value-Driven Emigration Policies: The Role of the State in Countries of Origin
4. Why Gendered Policies? The State, Society, and Symbolic Gender Politics
5. The Road from Home: Women's Autonomy, Migration, and the Trapping Mechanism
6. Social Legitimacy: The Nexus of Globalization and Women's Migration
7. Conclusion: Toward Global Governance of Migration
Epilogue: Migration and Women's Empowerment
Notes
Bibliography

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