Transnational Labour Migration, Remittances And The Changing Family In Asia (Anthropology, Change, And Development)

The contributors investigate the inter-relationships between migrant remittances and the family in Asia. They argue that, in the context of Asian transnational labour migration where remittances tend to become a primary currency of care, the making or breaking of the family unit is mainly contingent on how individuals handle remittance processes.

• • Author: L. Hoang, B. Yeoh
• • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• • Publication Date: Jan 01, 2015
• • Number of Pages: 347 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 134950596X
• • ISBN-13: 9781349505968