Transnational Labour Migration, Remittances and the Changing Family in Asia

The contributors investigate the inter-relationships between migrant remittances and the family in Asia. They argue that, in the context of Asian transnational labour migration where remittances tend to become a primary currency of care, the making or breaking of the family unit is mainly contingent on how individuals handle remittance processes.

Author: L. Hoang
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 05/13/2015
Pages: 331
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.21lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.81d
ISBN: 9781137506856

About the Author
Cheryll Alipio, University of Queensland, Australia Cindy C. Fan, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Michele Ruth Gamburd, Portland State University, USA Philip Kreager, Somerville College, Oxford University, USA Kyoko Kusakabe, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand Steve McKay, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA Ruth Pearson, University of Leeds, UK Nitya Rao, University of East Anglia, UK Elisabeth Schröder-Butterfill, University of Southampton, UK Teresa Sobieszczyk, University of Montana, USA Sallie Yea, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore