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Author:   Masako Ishii ,  Naomi Hosoda ,  Masaki Matsuo ,  Koji Horinuki
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   10
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.570kg
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9789004393363

ISBN 10:   9004393366
Pages:   278
Publication Date:   28 November 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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 Acknowledgements  Notes on Editors  Introduction: Socioeconomic Spaces and Migrants’ Lives in the Arab Gulf States   Masaki Matsuo, Naomi Hosoda, Koji Horinuki and Masako Ishii Part 1: Migration Policy and the Relationship between Nationals and Migrant Workers  1 International Labor Migration and the Arab Gulf States: Trends, Institutions, and Relations   Koji Horinuki  2 Political Economy of the Labor Market in the Arab Gulf States   Masaki Matsuo  Excursus 1: What Are the Arab Gulf States?   Masaki Matsuo and Koji Horinuki  Excursus 2: Economic Development in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Doha   Sadashi Fukuda  3 Gender and “Tradition”: Power Negotiation between Employers and Domestic Workers in Saudi Arabia   Namie Tsujigami  4 In/Dependence of the Local and Dependence of the Foreign: The UAE Family, Domestic Service, and a Precarious Future   Rima Sabban  5 Enhancing Resilience: The Roles of Pre-departure Programs for the Migrant Domestic Workers toward Arab Gulf States   Akiko Watanabe Part 2: Lives, Community, and Networks among Asian Migrant Workers  6 Formal and Informal Protection for Domestic Workers: A Case of Filipinas   Masako Ishii  7 Survival Strategies and Migrant Communities in the Arab Gulf States: A Case of Filipino Workers in the UAE   Naomi Hosoda  8 Does Religious Conversion Transcend the Boundaries of Multiple Hierarchies? Filipino Migrant Workers Embracing Islam in the UAE and Qatar   Akiko Watanabe  9 Transnational Community Networks of Goan Migrant Workers   Kyoko Matsukawa  Excursus 3: Recruitment of Bangladeshi Migrants in the Arab Gulf States: A Typology of Work Visas   Md Mizanur Rahman  Excursus 4: An Indian Expatriate’s Perspective about the UAE   N. Janardhan  Excursus 5: Education, Career, and the Future of Middle-Class Asian Children   Kyoko Matsukawa and Naomi Hosoda  Index

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Masako Ishii, Ph.D. (2000), is Professor at the College of Intercultural Communication, Rikkyo University (Tokyo, Japan). Her main research interest is Area Studies on Muslim society in the Philippines focusing on gender, migration and peace process. Naomi Hosoda, Ph.D. (2007), is Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University (Japan). She published several articles on Filipino migrants’ identity and communities in Arab Gulf states and edited Wangan arabu shokoku no imin rodosha: ‘Ta-gaikokujin kokka’ no shutsugen to seikatsu jittai, the Japanese edition of Asian Migrant Workers in the Arab Gulf States. Masaki Matsuo, Ph.D. (2003), is Associate Professor at the School of International Studies, Utsunomiya University (Japan). He has studied the political economy of the Middle East, focusing on the relation between the re-distribution of oil wealth and the authoritarian regimes. He uses both qualitative field research and quantitative statistical analysis. His publications include ""Authoritarianism and Labor Market: Preference of Labor Policies in the Arab Gulf Countries"", IDE Discussion Paper No. 514 (2015). Koji Horinuki, Ph.D. (2011), is a Senior Researcher at JIME Center, the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ). His main research interests are contemporary Gulf politics, security, and social affairs. His works in English include: “Japan in the Gulf: Between Intra-Bureaucratic Politics and Inter-Asian Rivalry,” in The Emerging Middle East-East Asia Nexus, (coauthor with Namie Tsujigami, 2015).

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