Gender and Migration

by Caroline B. Brettell

Book Overview

Gender roles, relations, and ideologies are major aspects of migration. This timely book argues that understanding gender relations is vital to a full and more nuanced explanation of both the causes and the consequences of migration, in the past and at present. Through an exploration of gendered labor markets, laws and policies, and the transnational model of migration, Caroline Brettell tackles a variety of issues such as how gender shapes the roles...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074568789X
• ISBN13: 9780745687896
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.2"