Oishi, Nana.

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Women in motion globalization, state policies, and labor migration in Asia / Nana Oishi. . — Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2005..

xviii, 238 p. ill. 24 cm.

Introduction : women in global migration -- Economic development and immigration policies : the role of the state and society in destination countries -- Value-driven emigration policies : the role of the state in countries of origin -- Why gendered policies? The state, society, and symbolic gender politics -- The road from home : women's autonomy, migration, and the trapping mechanism -- Social legitimacy : the nexus of globalization and women's migration -- Conclusion : toward global governance of migration -- Epilogue : migration and women's empowerment.

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women foreign workers--Asia.
Women's rights--Asia.
Women in development--Asia.
Internal Migration--Asia.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Asia--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.