Women in Motion. Globalization, State Policies, and Labor Migration in Asia, Paperback - Nana Oishi

Based on fieldwork in ten Asian countries, this book examines cross-national patterns and the impact of globalization, state policies, individual a...

Publisher: Sussex Academic PressAuthor(s): Onn WincklerIllustration(s): tables. charts & illusNumber of pages: 328Publication date: 2009Dimensions:...

TThis comprehensive reference work gives an overview of the industrial development and current state of industrialization and deindustrialization i...

This volume uses thirteen case studies to analyze the impact of economic globalization on poverty and inequality in different regions of the develo...

The collection studies the interactions of the European Union and the Asia Pacific, focusing on the EU as an emerging global player in contemporary...

The Others reconstructs of the history of migration and naturalization of foreigners in Mexico during the first half of the twentieth century.Publi...

The process of globalization has had a dramatic impact on the lives of women in developing countries in the past decade.

The Belt Road and Beyond: State-Mobilized Globalization in China: 1998–2018 - Min Ye

DescriptionSince the mid-1990s, the European Union has defined the Asia Pacific as one of its key strategic targets on its ambitious road towards a...

Reducere. In 2004, the U.S. State Department declared Filipina hostesses in Japan the largest group of sex trafficked persons in the world. Since receiving t...

This innovative study of young Asian migrants' lives in Australia sheds new light on the complex relationship between migration and time. With in-d...

The images of human trafficking are all too often reduced to media tales of helpless young women taken by heavily accented, dark-skinned captors--b...

Gender has a profound impact on the discourse on migration as well as various aspects of integration, social and political life, public debate, and...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Jan (Max Planck Institute, Germany) DrahokoupilNumber of pages: 238Publication date: 2010Dimensions: 156 ...

This Element analyzes how concepts and practices associated with the 'modern city' were received, transformed, and contested in Asia over the past ...

Blue-collar job loss, immigration, trade deficits--Americans blame globalization for a host of problems. Indeed, even in a political system split b...

This book concentrates on female shamanisms in Asia and their relationship with the state and other religions, offering a perspective on gender and...

Contributes to the existing literature on inequality in Asia by focusing on three broad themes, corresponding to three parts of the volume. Part I ...

A focused look into the business and management practices across Asia, from an author team located across three Asian-Pacific countries and experie...

This innovative study of young Asian migrants' lives in Australia sheds new light on the complex relationship between migration and time. With in-d...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Talitha L. LeflouriaIn 1868, the state of Georgia began to make its rapidly growing population of prisoners available for h...

The Imperial Security State: British Colonial Knowledge and Empire-Building in Asia - James Hevia

Reducere. Henri Michaux (1899-1984), the great French poet and painter, set out as a young man to see the Far East. Traveling from India to the Himalayas, an...

This volume is a comprehensive study of the challenges and opportunities facing the BIMSTEC. It analyses the BIMSTEC's present status and highlight...

Publisher: Association for Asian StudiesAuthor(s): Sumit GuhaNumber of pages: 156Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 152 x 228 x 15Cover type: Paperb...

The courts can play a role in addressing issues of inequality, discrimination and gender injustice for women. The feminisation of the judiciary is ...

Gabriella Lukacs traces how young Japanese women's unpaid labor as bloggers, net idols, "girly" photographers, online traders, and cell phone novel...

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Labor Activism and Colonial Governance in Hong Kong chronicles a long neglected yet formative social and political movement in Hong Kong between th...

An evolutionary framework is used to examine how the Chinese state relates with non-state actors across several fields of governance. This approach...

Reducere. This 2003 book analyzes the global dynamics of labor movements, introducing a major new database on labor unrest events worldwide from 1870 to 1996...

Using the feminization of the Diyanet to understand the significance of a renewed presence of Islam in the Turkish public realm, this fascinating e...

Uncertain Powers presents a nuanced study of female leadership in medieval Japan. Sachiko Kawai explores the important political and economic roles...

A fresh, responsible approach to addressing undocumented Mexican migration through substantial investment in Mexico's infrastructure and economyPub...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Rhacel ParrenasServants of Globalization offers a groundbreaking study of migrant Filipino domestic workers who leave their...

This book analyses the labor experience of Israeli Palestinian women, arguing that state policies and widespread discrimination hinder their low la...

This book engages with the concept, true value and function of democracy in South Asia against the background of real social conditions for the pro...

DescriptionA discerning account of simmering conflict in the South China Sea and why the world can't afford to be indifferent China's rise has upse...

Healthcare in Motion explores the dynamic interrelationship between mobility and healthcare, drawing on case studies from across the world and exam...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...