AKM Ahsan Ullah, The American University in Cairo, Egypt
*September 2010, Ed. Ashgate, 256 pages
* ISBN: 978-1-4094-0513-9
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While decisions for working overseas are often based on expectations and promises of better jobs, opportunities, economic gains and, eventually, a better future, such assumptions may not always be realized. Focusing on the question of why migrants, despite not realizing their earlier aspirations, continue to remain as migrants rather than return home, this book provides a unified understanding of the rationalization of the migration decision making. It does so by empirically situating the study in the experiences of Bangladeshi migrant workers in Hong Kong and Malaysia.
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Contents: Foreword; Preface; Part I Setting the Scene: Background migration as a 21st century issue; Theoretical and methodological considerations; Socio-economic and demographic profiles. Part II The Migration Process: Networks and routes used to get to destinations; The finance and cost of migration. Part III Rationalizing Post-Migration Decision: Working and living conditions in the host countries; The dynamics of income and remittance; Rationalization and implications; Bibliography; Appendices; Index.
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About the Author: AKM Ahsan Ullah, a development and human mobility specialist is Associate Director and Assistant Professor at the Center for Migration and Refugee Studies, American University in Cairo. His selected works appear at International Migration, Asian and Pacific Migration Journal and Routledge.
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Reviews : here
This title is also available as an eBook, ISBN 978-1-4094-0514-6
*September 2010, Ed. Ashgate, 256 pages
* ISBN: 978-1-4094-0513-9
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While decisions for working overseas are often based on expectations and promises of better jobs, opportunities, economic gains and, eventually, a better future, such assumptions may not always be realized. Focusing on the question of why migrants, despite not realizing their earlier aspirations, continue to remain as migrants rather than return home, this book provides a unified understanding of the rationalization of the migration decision making. It does so by empirically situating the study in the experiences of Bangladeshi migrant workers in Hong Kong and Malaysia.
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Contents: Foreword; Preface; Part I Setting the Scene: Background migration as a 21st century issue; Theoretical and methodological considerations; Socio-economic and demographic profiles. Part II The Migration Process: Networks and routes used to get to destinations; The finance and cost of migration. Part III Rationalizing Post-Migration Decision: Working and living conditions in the host countries; The dynamics of income and remittance; Rationalization and implications; Bibliography; Appendices; Index.
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About the Author: AKM Ahsan Ullah, a development and human mobility specialist is Associate Director and Assistant Professor at the Center for Migration and Refugee Studies, American University in Cairo. His selected works appear at International Migration, Asian and Pacific Migration Journal and Routledge.
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Reviews : here
This title is also available as an eBook, ISBN 978-1-4094-0514-6
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