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: May 13, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 347 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1137506857
• | ISBN-13: 9781137506856