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International Migration in Southeast Asia, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
Continuities and Discontinuities
Asia in Transition Series, Vol. 2
Language: EnglishSubject for International Migration in Southeast Asia:
Keywords
Arab Migrations in Pre-Colonial Philippines; Bangladeshi Migrant Workers in Malaysia; Colonial and Post-colonial migration of Indians to Malaysia; Cultural Integration in East Kalimantan; Education-Induced Migration (Malaysia and Singapore); Filipino Migrant Workers in the UAE; Filipino Migrants in South Korea; Foreign Workers in Southeast Asia; Gender and the remittance process in the Southeast Asia; Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia; International Migration in Asia; International Migration in Southeast
Publication date: 08-2016
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Publication date: 11-2015
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Chapter 1: Making Sense of Inter and Intra Regional Mobility in Southeast Asia.- Chapter 2: Weaving life across borders: The Cham Muslims in Vietnam and Malaysia.- Chapter 3: Middle Class Filipinos and the Formation of Diasporic National Communities in the United Arab Emirates.- Chapter 4: “Balik Kampung” : The Practice of Transborder Retirement Migration in Johor, Malaysia.- Chapter 5: Contextualising Geographies of Education-Induced Skilled Migration:
How Mobile Malaysians End Up in Singapore, London and Kuala Lumpur.- Chapter 6: Postcolonial Indian Labour Migration to Malaysia: Trajectories, Trends and Tensions.- Chapter 7: Migration and Employment: A Study of Bangladeshi Male Migrant Workers in Malaysia.- Chapter 8: Interrupted Histories: Arab Migrations to Pre-Colonial Philippines.- Chapter 9: Foreign Domestic Helpers (FDH) in Hong Kong: A Study on Premarital Pregnancies.- Chapter 10: Packaging Talent: The Migrant Creative Labour Management of Overseas Filipino Musicians.
Prof Lian Kwen Fee was formerly Head of the Department of Sociology in the National University of Singapore before taking up an appointment in the Institute of Asian Studies as Professor of Sociology. His academic background is in political and historical sociology. His research interests are in race, migration, and the nation-state focusing on New Zealand, Malaysia and Singapore. His recent publications are on migrant entrepreneurship in colonial Malaysia, migrant remittances in Asia, migration entrepreneurship in Korea and Japan and race and politics in Peninsular Malaysia. He is currently editing a book on ‘Multiculturalism, Migration and the Politics of Identity in Singapore' and co-authoring a monograph on the urbanization of Malaya and Indian migrants in Klang (Malaysia).
Dr Md Mizanur Rahman is a Senior Research Fellow, at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, from 2005 to 2007, and a Research Fellow at the Department of Sociology, NUS, from 2007 to 2010. He was a visiting scholar at the Department of Sociology, University of Western Ontario, Canada and Graduate School of Policy Science, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan. His recent books include Diaspora Engagement and Development in South Asia (co-edited) and Asian Migration Policy: South, Southeast and East Asia (co-edited). His research articles have appeared in leading migration and population journals such as International Migration, Population, Space and Place, Journal of International Migration and Integration, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, Asia Europe Journal, and Asian Population Studies.
Dr Yabit Alas is the Director of the Continuing Education Centre. He was formerly the Head of the Malay Language and Linguistics, Director
ofApproaches the field of international migration from an intra- and inter-regional migration perspective
Reveals new and old patterns of international migration in the region and discusses its complexities
Offers an Southeast Asian perspective on international migration
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras