Women In The Cities Of Asia

Fawcett, James T

Westview Replica Editions -- Preface -- Introduction -- Urbanization, Migration, and the Status of Women -- Overview and Theoretical Perspectives -- The Migration of Women to Cities: A Comparative Perspective -- Female Migration: A Conceptual Framework -- Women in Rural-Urban Circulation Networks: Implications for Social Structural Change -- Trends, Policies, and Programs: National Perspectives -- Rural-to-Urban Migration of Women in India: Patterns and Implications -- The Female Migrant in Pakistan -- Female Rural-to-Urban Migration in Peninsular Malaysia -- Female Migration in Thailand -- The Migration of Women in the Philippines -- Urban Migrant Women in the Republic of Korea -- Women Migrants in Asian Cities: Case Studies -- Migration of Women Workers in Peninsular Malaysia: Impact and Implications -- Female Migrants in Bangkok Metropolis -- The Migration of Rural Women to Taipei -- New Models and Traditional Networks: Migrant Women in Tehran -- Economic Activity and Adjustment of Female Migrants: Analytic Models -- Migrant Women at Work in Asia -- Female Asian Immigrants in Honolulu: Adaptation and Success -- Philippine Urbanism and the Status of Women -- Adaptation of Polynesian Female Migrants in New Zealand -- Conclusion -- Women in Asian Cities: Policies, Public Services, and Research