Population Migration and Asia : Theories and Practice.

Intro -- POPULATION MIGRATION AND ASIA -- POPULATION MIGRATION AND ASIA -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- Chapter 1: AN OVERVIEW OF GLOBAL MIGRATION -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 2: DOMINANT MODELS OF MIGRATION -- INTRODUCTION -- CLASSICAL MIGRATION THEORY -- WORLD SYSTEMS THEORY -- NETWORK THEORY -- DIFFERENTIAL EXCLUSION MODEL -- PLURALIST MODEL -- GRAVITY MODEL AND THE GENERAL SYSTEM APPROACH -- NEO-CLASSICAL ECONOMICS: MACRO THEORY -- NEO-CLASSICAL ECONOMICS: MICRO THEORY -- NEW ECONOMICS OF MIGRATION MODEL -- DUAL LABOR MARKET THEORY -- COST - BENEFIT MODEL -- VALUE EXPECTANCY MODEL -- BICOA MODEL -- TODARO MODEL -- ROY MODEL: RELATIVE SKILL DIFFERENTIALS -- BHAGWATI AND SRINIVASAN MODEL -- FIELD'S MODEL -- STARK'S PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT MODEL -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 3: THE GYPSIES OF EUROPE AND MIGRATION HISTORY -- INTRODUCTION -- THE ORIGIN AND THEIR MIGRATION -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 4: THE FEMINIZATION OF MIGRATION -- INTRODUCTION -- THE DEBATE -- A RECONSIDERATION -- FEMINIZATION OF POVERTY -- BANGLADESHIS IN LABOUR MARKET -- MALE-FEMALE MIGRATION GAP -- AN EXAMPLE OF SOUTH ASIA -- WHY WIDE GAP PERSIST IN BANGLADESH -- FEMALE MIGRATION AND POLICY -- RELIGION AND CULTURE -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 5: HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN ASIA -- INTRODUCTION -- THAILAND AND MYANMAR -- NEPAL AND INDIA -- SEX WORKING AND MIGRATION CORRELATES -- THAILAND -- LEGALIZATION AS AN ISSUE -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 6: HOMOSEXUALITY IN THAILAND -- INTRODUCTION -- DEMOGRAPHY AND HISTORY -- SEXOLOGY AND SEXUALITY -- GAY CULTURAL MOVEMENT -- HOMOSEXUALITY AND BUDDHIST TRADITIONS -- LIFE OF KATOEY -- KATOEY AND HIV/AIDS -- Chapter 7: THE EFFECTS OF MIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCLUSION -- CONCLUSION -- ABBREVIATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

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