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Jain, Prakash C.

South Asian migration to Gulf countries : history, policies, development / edited by Prakash C. Jain And Ginu Zacharia Oommen - New Delhi : Routledge, 2016. - xx, 307 p. ; 23cm

Table of contents;
Tables;
Figures;
Boxes;
Introduction;
Prakash C. Jain and Ginu Zacharia Oommen;
Part I: Comparative and Theoretical Issues;
1. South Asian Migration to GCC Countries: Emerging Trends and Challenges Ginu Zacharia Oommen;
2. Arab versus Asian Migrant Workers in the GCC Countries Kapiszewski Andrzej;
3. Aspects of Indian Migration in the Persian Gulf Region, 1820-1947 Kundan Kumar;
4. GCC's Immigration Policies: Contextualising South Asian Migration Zakir Hussain ;
Part II: Dynamic of Migration;
5. Indian Labour Migration to the Gulf Countries Prakash C. Jain;
6. Spatial Mobility and the Migratory Strategies of Kerala Immigrants in the UAE Philippe Venier ;
7. Revisiting the Saga of Bangladeshi Labour Migration to the Gulf States: Need for New Theoretical and Methodological Approaches Rita Afsar ;
8. From Rupees to Dirhams: Remittances and Labour Migration from Nepal to the GCC Region Neha Wadhawan;
Part III: Impact of Migration;
9. Bangladeshi Labour Migration to Saudi Arabia Md. Mizanur Rahman;
10. Female Labour Migration from Sri Lanka to the Gulf Countries Michele Ruth Gamburd;
11. Choosing a Profession in Order to Leave: Migration of Malayali Nurses to the Gulf Countries Marie Percot ;
12. Migration to the Gulf Region and Socio-economic Mobility in Pakistan G. M. Arif;
13. The Financial Crisis in the Gulf and its Impact on South Asian Migrant Workers S. Irudaya Rajan and D. Narayana;
About the Editors;
Notes on Contributors;
Index;


ISBN: 9781138191419 (hbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Middle East-Persian Gulf States
Foreign Workers
Emigration and Immigration

Dewey Class. No.: 331.62095 JAI