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Migration in the Asia Pacific : population, settlement and citizenship issues / edited by Robyn Iredale, Charles Hawksley, Stephen Castles.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Foreign workers, Indonesian.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Migration, Internal.
- Asia--Emigration and immigration.
- Asia.
- Migration, Internal--Pacific Area.
- Pacific Area--Emigration and immigration.
- Pacific Area.
- Southeast Asia--Emigration and immigration.
- Southeast Asia.
- Foreign workers, Indonesian--Malaysia.
- Malaysia.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 401 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham, UK ; Northhampton, MA : Edward Elgar, [2003]
- Contents:
- 1. Migrant Settlement, Transnational Communities and State Strategies in the Asia Pacific Region / Stephen Castles 3
- Part 2 Overview of General Trends and Themes in Asia Pacific Migration
- 2. International Labour Migration in East Asia: Trends and Policy Issues / Charles W. Stahl 29
- 3. An Ocean of Discontent? Contemporary Migration and Deprivation in the South Pacific / John Connell 55
- 4. Gendered Migration in Asia: Case Studies of the Philippines, Indonesia and China / Fei Guo, Robyn Iredale 79
- 5. International Migration and Families in Asia / Maruja M.B. Asis 99
- Part 3 Labour Migration
- 6. The Growth of Skilled Migration in the Asia Pacific Region / Robyn Iredale 121
- 7. The Constant Flux, the Mobile Reserve and the Limits of Control: Malaysia and the Legal Dimensions of International Migration / Shamsulbahriah Ku Ahmad 141
- 8. International Migration in Southeast Asia: A Case Study of Indonesian Workers in the Malaysian Peninsula / M. Arif Nasution 159
- 9. Labour Emigration and Emigration Pressures in Transitional Vietnam / Dang Nguyen Anh 169
- 10. Culture and Social Adjustment: Migrant Workers in Korea and Local Workers in Overseas Korean Firms / Kiseon Chung, Hyunho Seok 181
- 11. The Europol Convention and Filipino Migrant Workers' Rights: Lessons from the European Union? / J. Sedfrey Santiago 201
- Part 4 Impacts of Migration: Theoretical, Legal and Economic Perspectives
- 12. Rural Migration and Rural Development: A Report on the Field Investigation of Eight Villages from Four Provinces in China / Huang Ping 219
- 13. Thailand's Immigration and Emigration: A Legal Overview / Aaron Stern, Supang Chantavanich 247
- 14. Remittances, the Social System and Development in Samoa / Tolu Muliaina 259
- 15. Return Migration and Reversal of Brain Drain to Taiwan: An Analysis of the 1990 Census Data / Ching-lung Tsay, Ji-Ping Lin 273
- 16. China's Changing International Migration Trends / Luo Keren 293
- Part 5 Settlement and Citizenship
- 17. Blurring the Boundaries: The Impact of Contemporary Migration Flows and Transnational Linkages on Aotearoa/New Zealand / Paul Spoonley, Richard Bedford 305
- 18. Affluence and Disadvantage Among Immigrants from Asia in Sydney / I. H. Burnley 321
- 19. Civil Space in a City-State: Foreign Domestic Workers in Singapore / Brenda S. A. Yeoh, Shirlena Huang 341
- 20. A Study of Asian Immigrants in Tokyo / Junko Tajima 355
- 21. The Emergence of an Indo-Fijian Transnational Community / Carmen Voigt-Graf 367.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1840648600
- OCLC:
- 50756084
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