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Author Rudnick, Anja (Anja Margarete)

Title Working gendered boundaries : temporary migration experiences of Bangladeshi women in the Malaysian export industry from a multi-sited perspective / Anja Rudnick
Published [Amsterdam] : Vossiuspers UvA, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (316 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series UvA Proefschriften Ser
UvA Proefschriften Ser
Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2: ENGENDERING MIGRATION THEORY; CHAPTER 3: THE SENDING AND THE RECEIVING COUNTRY: BANGLADESH AND MALAYSIA; CHAPTER 4: THE FIELD SETTING: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES REGARDING GENDER-SENSITIVE RESEARCH; CHAPTER 5: WHY MIGRATE?; CHAPTER 6: FROM DESIRE TO DECISION AND DEPARTURE; CHAPTER 7: WORKING IN MALAYSIA'S EXPORT INDUSTRY: CONDITIONS AND WAGES; CHAPTER 8: LIVING IN MALAYSIA: NEGOTIATING TWO CULTURES; CHAPTER 9: BACK IN BANGLADESH: A NEW BEGINNING?; CHAPTER 10: CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; SUMMARY; SAMENVATTING
Summary This study explores the short term migration of Bangladeshi women to Malaysia to work in labour intensive, export oriented factories, and considers the consequences of their decision to migrate
Notes Originally presented as the author's thesis (Proefschrift)--Universiteit van Amsterdam, 2009
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-308)
Notes Summary in English
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Subject Women foreign workers -- Malaysia
Foreign workers, Bangladeshi -- Malaysia -- Social conditions
Foreign workers, Bangladeshi -- Malaysia -- Economic conditions
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
Women foreign workers
Vrouwenarbeid.
Migranten.
Arbeidsmigratie.
Industrie.
Malaysia
Maleisië.
Genre/Form Proefschriften (vorm)
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789048508747
9048508746
9789056295608
9056295608