Approximately half of all migrants today are female. The contributors to this volume consider the ways in which attention to gender is moving debates away from old paradigms, such as the push/pull motivation which used to dominate the field of migration studies. The authors consider women's experience of migration, especially in long distance, transnational moves. They examine the extent to which labour migration is a social and strategic decision for women.
| ISBN: | 9780415510752 |
| Publication date: | 29th November 2011 |
| Author: | Pamela Sharpe |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 340 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Research in Gender and History |
| Genres: |
Migration, immigration and emigration Labour / income economics Gender studies: women and girls |