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Middle East avenue : female migration from Sri Lanka to the Gulf

Title
Middle East avenue : female migration from Sri Lanka to the Gulf / Grete Brochmann.
Author
Brochmann, Grete.
Publication
Boulder : Westview Press, ©1993.

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Description
199 pages; 23 cm
Subject
  • Foreign workers, Sri Lankan > Persian Gulf Region
  • Women foreign workers > Persian Gulf Region
  • Women > Sri Lanka
  • 85.65 classes of labour and labourers
  • Foreign workers, Sri Lankan
  • Women
  • Women foreign workers
  • Ausländische Arbeitnehmerin
  • Vrouwenarbeid
  • Migranten
  • Persian Gulf Region
  • Sri Lanka
  • Golfstaaten
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-190) and index.
Contents
Initial Resources -- 6. Status of Sri Lankan Women in the Gulf. Expectations from the Employer and Agent. The Work Itself. Religious Conditions. Savings. Accommodations and Social Life. Authority Structure and Maltreatment. Escape Routes. The Process Conditions -- 7. Local Level: Communities, Households and Individuals. Colombo. Hambantota. Spending Patterns in Colombo and Hambantota. Dispositional Effects: Microlevel Conclusions -- 8. Consequences of Female Migration to the Middle East. Impact on Gender Relations, Micro and Macro. The Class Structure. Macroeconomic Impact.
ISBN
  • 0813386179
  • 9780813386171
LCCN
  • 92020487
  • ZBWT00468229
OCLC
  • ocm26052956
  • 26052956
  • SCSB-1984913
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Princeton University Library