ISBN:
9781848854871
,
9781283380669
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xiv, 232 p.)
,
ill., maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2012 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Library of development studies 4
Parallel Title:
Print version Remittances, Gender and Development
DDC:
304.8094965
Keywords:
Women Social conditions
;
Foreign workers, Albanian
;
Economic development
;
Women in economic development
;
Emigrant remittances
;
Albania Emigration and immigration
;
Economic aspects
;
Albania Emigration and immigration
;
Social aspects
;
Albania Economic conditions 1992-
Abstract:
Migration in the modern world, rather than being seen as a symptom or result of underdevelopment, is now understood more as a route towards development and a strategy for alleviating poverty. This study of Albania is particularly significant in this new debate on migration and development as, since the fall of communism, remittances have been a major supporter of the Albanian economy, sustaining many Albanian families, especially in rural areas. The authors thus focus on the socio-cultural context of remittances, and explore how gender emerges as a powerful facet in the processes of developmen
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; LIST OF MAPS & ILLUSTRATIONS; LIST OF TABLES; ABBREVIATIONS; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. MIGRATION, GENDER, REMITTANCES AND DEVELOPMENT: A THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE; 3. ALBANIAN MIGRATION, REMITTANCES AND GENDER DYNAMICS; 4. THE GENDERED TRANSNATIONAL HOUSEHOLD; 5. REMITTANCE FLOWS, PATTERNS AND PROCESSES: THE SHAPING ROLE OF GENDER; 6. REMITTANCES AND DEVELOPMENT; 7. MIGRATION-DEVELOPMENT-REMITTANCES-GENDER: WHAT ROLE FOR POLICY-MAKERS?; 8. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX;
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-223) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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