This book examines international labour migrants in the context of SouthSouth migration with a focus on Bangladeshi migration to Singapore. Two principal questions in the SouthSouth migration are addressed: Why and how individuals migrate for work; and what impact this temporary form of migration has for migrants and their families. The book adopts a relatively new methodological approach to labour migration by linking different phases that migrants undergo in the migration process and by combining migrants in the host country with their families in the origin country. This is achieved through identifying and addressing six key areas: (i) migration policy, (ii) social imperatives of migration (iii) recruitment, (iv) social worlds of the migrants, (v) remittance process, and finally, (vi) family development dynamics. This book introduces the bari to migration research as a unit of analysis over and above individual and family units. The book reveals how social and cultural forces both initiate and perpetuate migration, and later on influence bari dynamics.
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This well-written book combines empirical research and existing literature on migration, thus enhancing our understanding of international labour migration in the context of Singapore. his book is an important source of knowledge for social scientists, policymakers and researchers, with the potential to become an important text for various courses related to migration and development studies. (Diotima Chattoraj, SOJOURN - Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, Vol. 34 (2), July 2019)
His book is an important source of knowledge for academics, policymakers and researchers. Social science scholars will find this study particularly useful and it should become an important text for various courses covering issues related to migration studies, development, globalisation, population dynamics and Asian labour markets. This work, significantly, also identifies crucial policy implications for both destination and origin countries. (A.K.M. Ahsan Ullah, South Asia Research, Vol. 38 (03), November, 2018)
This book, examining Bangladeshi labour migration to Singapore, contributes significantly to our understanding of the growing phenomenon of migration within Asia. In this book, author Mizanur Rahman departs from the economic narrative that is dominant in the migration literature to explain the drivers of Bangladeshi migration and instead relies on social and cultural explanations in his analysis. The strength of this book is that it is based on extensive fieldwork by the author, conducted over close to two decades. (Mathew Mathews, Journal of Contemporary Asia, April, 2018)
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1 Migration of Labour in the Global South: An Introduction |
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Linking Migration Causes to Migration Outcomes |
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Conceptualizing Migration as a Social Process |
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Researching Bangladeshi Migration |
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2 Immigration and Integration Policy in Singapore |
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Immigration Research in Singapore |
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Nature of Immigration Policy |
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Broader Features of Immigration Policy in Singapore |
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Classes of Non-resident Foreign Manpower in Singapore |
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Employment Pass (EP) and Special (S) Pass for Professional and Skilled Foreign Manpower |
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Work Permit (WP) for Semi-skilled Foreign Manpower |
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Administrative and Legal Frameworks for Managing Foreigners |
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Specific Policies Targeting Semi-skilled Foreign Workers |
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Pathways of Professional, Skilled, and Semi-skilled Foreigners |
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Integration of Immigrants and Emigrants into the Singapore Society |
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3 Social Imperatives of Labour Migration |
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Social Organizations in a Bangladeshi Village |
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Claiming Social Status: From Traditional Tools to New Tools |
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Relative Social Status: A Crucial Sending-End Factor |
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The Geographical Imagination: Perception of Bidesh |
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Migration, Remigration, and the Cultural Notion of Work |
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The Diminishing Role of Conventional Education |
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4 Channelling Bangladeshi Migrants to Singapore |
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Interplay Between Networks and Institutions |
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The Migrant Network Sphere |
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Social Bases of Network-Assisted Migration |
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Formation and Operation of Migrant Networks |
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The Recruitment Structure |
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The Economic Aspect of Recruitment |
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Reciprocity and Migration |
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The Other Side of Social Capital |
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5 Social Worlds of Migrants in Singapore |
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Migrant Poetry: A Reflection on Migrant Life |
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Migrant-Focused Organizations |
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6 Remittance as a Social Process |
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Remittance Transfer Channels |
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Context of Remittance-Sending |
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Context of Remittance Receiving |
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Recipients of Remittances |
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Use of Remittances: The Migrant Worker's Perspective |
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Use of Remittances: The Household's Perspective |
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7 Migration and Family Dynamics |
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Impacts of Migration on Demographic Structure |
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Impacts of Migration on Economic Conditions |
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Impacts of Migration on Education, Medical Care, and Food Consumption |
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Homes in Migrant Baris: Cultural Consumption and Status Display |
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Dhadon: A Business Enterprise for Migrant Wives |
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Outward and Upward Social Mobility |
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Md Mizanur Rahman is Associate Professor of Sociology at the Institute of Asian Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei Darussalam. His areas of expertise include migration and development, diaspora engagement, migrant businesses, labor migration, migration policy and migrant remittances. He has conducted extensive fieldwork for his migration related research projects in a number of countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, Bangladesh, Hong Kong SAR, Qatar, the UAE, India, Indonesia, Germany, Italy, the UK, Canada, and the USA. He is an Editorial Review Board member of Migration Letters, Migration and Development, Remittance Review, South Asian Journal of Global Business Research and International Journal of South Asian Studies. His recent co-edited books include Diaspora Engagement and Development in South Asia (with Tan Tai Yong, 2013), Migrant Remittances in South Asia (with Tan Tai Yong and AKM Ahsan Ullah, 2014), International Migration and Development in South Asia (with Tan Tai Yong, 2015), and International Migration in Southeast Asia (with Lian Kwen Fee and Yabit bin Alas, 2016). His research articles have appeared in leading migration and population journals such as International Migration, Journal of International Migration and Integration, Population, Space and Place, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, Asia Europe Journal, Canadian Journal of Development Studies, and Asian Population Studies.
