Asian Migrant Workers in the Arab Gulf States The Growing Foreign Population and Their Lives

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Asian Migrant Workers in the Arab Gulf States (edited by Masako Ishii, Naomi Hosoda, Masaki Matsuo and Koji Horinuki) examines how nationals and migrants construct new relationships in the segregated socioeconomic spaces of the region (namely, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates). Instead of assuming that segregation is disadvantageous for migrant workers, it emphasizes multiple aspects and presents various voices. In this way, the book tries to unfold the region’s segregated socioeconomic space, as well as its new forms of networking and connectedness, in order to understand how the various peoples coexist: a situation that often entails conflict and discrepancies between expectations and reality. Asian Migrant Workers in the Arab Gulf States: The Growing Foreign Population and Their Lives Copyright Contents Acknowledgements Notes on Editors Introduction Socioeconomic Spaces and Migrants' Lives in the Arab Gulf States 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 2 Political Economy of the Labor Market in the Arab Gulf States Excursus 1 What Are the Arab Gulf States? Excursus 2 Economic Development in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Doha 3 Gender and "Tradition": Power Negotiation between Employers and Domestic Workers in Saudi Arabia 4 In/Dependence of the Local and Dependence of the Foreign: The UAE Family, Domestic Service, and a Precarious Future 5 Enhancing Resilience: The Roles of Pre-departure Programs for the Migrant Domestic Workers toward Arab Gulf States Part 2: Lives, Community, and Networks among Asian Migrant Workers 6 Formal and Informal Protection for Domestic Workers: A Case of Filipinas 7 Survival Strategies and Migrant Communities in the Arab Gulf States: A Case of Filipino Workers in the UAE 8 Does Religious Conversion Transcend the Boundaries of Multiple Hierarchies? Filipino Migrant Workers Embracing Islam in the UAE and Qatar 9 Transnational Community Networks of Goan Migrant Workers Excursus 3 Recruitment of Bangladeshi Migrants in the Arab Gulf States: A Typology of Work Visas Excursus 4 An Indian Expartriate's Perspective about the UAE Excursus 5 Education, Career, and the Future of Middle-Class Asian Children Index