商品簡介
This volume is an empirical assessment of an often-neglected space in migration research social, psychological and human costs for both migrants and the families they leave behind based on qualitative and quantitative research findings.
Globally, the focus of migration research has consisted of the intersections of migration and remittances. This overemphasis on remittances obscures the contributions and sacrifices made by migrants and their families. With this backdrop in view, "India Migration Report 2013" documents issues such as:
Children s negotiation of parental migration
Coping mechanisms adopted by women left behind
Utilization of social networks by the elderly during a health crisis
Demographic implications of migration
Household management and child care by spouses of migrant nurses
Lifestyle management by the elderly, who migrate with their children, in the absence of other traditional and familiar kinship structures
Transition costs involved in peasant migration
Social costs of migration in the case of emigration to the Gulf region
Broader impacts of migration on the family
In addition, the book also includes articles dealing with nurses migration, skilled mobility, informalization of labour markets, mobility of women workers, global financial crisis and return migration, remittances management and a critical assessment of bilateral mobility agreements among nations to protect Indian workers.
It will be of interest to those in migration studies, sociology, law, economics, gender studies, diaspora studies, international relations and demography, apart from non-governmental organizations, policy-makers and governmental institutions working in the field of migration.
作者簡介
S. Irudaya Rajan is Chair Professor, Research Unit on International Migration, Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
