Women in the Cities of Asia: Migration and Urban Adaptation
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Preface -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. Urbanization, Migration, and the Status of Women -- Part 1. OVERVIEW AND THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES -- 2. The Migration of Women to Cities: A Comparative Perspective -- 3. Female Migration: A Conceptual Framework -- 4. Women in Rural-Urban Circulation Networks: Implications for Social Structural Change -- Part 2. TRENDS, POLICIES, AND PROGRAMS: NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES -- 5. Rural-to-Urban Migration of Women in India: Patterns and Implications -- 6. The Female Migrant in Pakistan -- 7. Female Rural-to-Urban Migration in Peninsular Malaysia -- 8. Female Migration in Thailand -- 9. The Migration of Women in the Philippines -- 10. Urban Migrant Women in the Republic of Korea -- Part 3. WOMEN MIGRANTS IN ASIAN CITIES: CASE STUDIES -- 11. Migration of Women Workers in Peninsular Malaysia: Impact and Implications -- 12. Female Migrants in Bangkok Metropolis -- 13. The Migration of Rural Women to Taipei -- 14. New Models and Traditional Networks: Migrant Women in Tehran -- Part 4. ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND ADJUSTMENT OF FEMALE MIGRANTS: ANALYTIC MODELS -- 15. Migrant Women at Work in Asia -- 16. Female Asian Immigrants in Honolulu: Adaptation and Success -- 17. Philippine Urbanism and the Status of Women -- 18. Adaptation of Polynesian Female Migrants in New Zealand -- CONCLUSION -- 19. Women in Asian Cities: Policies, Public Services, and Research.
