Migration and Gender in the Developed World

by Paul Boyle (Editor), Keith Halfacree (Editor)

Overview

The subject of migration has traditionally been analysed through the lens of economic factors. The importance of adopting a gender sensitive perspective to academic work is now generally appreciated. Migration and Gender in the Developed World contains chapters from a diverse range of leading contributors who apply such a perspective to the study of migration in the countries of the developed world. Each chapter demonstrates how migration is highly gendered, with the experiences of women and men often varying markedly in different migration situations. The volume covers a wide range of migration issues and draws out the importance of gender issues in each area, including: dual career households regional migration patterns emigration from Ireland and Hong Kong elderly migration the migration decision-making process and the costs and benefits attached to migration Approaching the subject from a variety of academic traditions including Geography, Sociology and Social Policy, the volume combines both quantitative analysis of factual data and qualitative analysis of interview material to demonstrate the importance of studying migration through gender sensitive eyes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134695133
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/01/2002
Series:	Routledge Research in Population and Migration
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	344
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Paul Boyle, Keith Halfacree

Table of Contents

Tables and figures, 1 Introduction, 2 A longitudinal and regional analysis of gender-specific social and spatial mobilities in England and Wales 1981–91, 3 Gender variations in migration destination choice, 4 The employment consequences of migration, 5 Who gets on the escalator?, 6 The effect of family migration, migration history, and selfselection on married women’s labour market achievement where:, 7 Family migration and female participation in the labour market, 8 Migration, marriage and the life course, 9 Residential relocation of couples, 10 To follow the chicken or not?, 11 Gender variations in the characteristics of migrants living alone in England and Wales 1991, 12 On the journeys of the gentrifiers, 13 Gender issues in Irish rural out-migration, 14 Gender relations and identities in the colonization of ‘Middle England’, 15 Residential change, 16 Gender, migration and household change in elderly age groups, 17 Differential migrations through later life, 18 Inside and outside the Pale, Index

Editorial Reviews

'the book makes an important contribution to the migration literature.' - Progress in Human Geography.

'...this book provides a comprehensive overview of research on gender and migration within Britain and will be a useful resource for anyone with an interest in understanding the impact of gender on migration patterns and processes.' - Rebekah Widdowfield, Journal of Rural Studies 16 (2000)

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