South Asian Migration in the Gulf

Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi
 Introduction  (Mehdi Chowdhury, S. Irudaya Rajan)....Pages 1-6
 Asian Migration to the Gulf States in the Twenty-first Century  (Françoise De Bel-Air)....Pages 7-34
 Demography of the Gulf Region  (S. Irudaya Rajan)....Pages 35-59
 Is the Kafala Tradition to Blame for the Exploitative Work Conditions in the Arab-Gulf Countries?  (Radhika Kanchana)....Pages 61-79
 South Asian Migration in the Gulf: Topics for Economic Investigations  (Mehdi Chowdhury)....Pages 81-100
 Labor Markets in the Gulf and the South Asian Migration  (Emilie J. Rutledge)....Pages 101-122
 Gender Issues, Changing Roles, and Migration: A Review of the Gulf Countries  (Nasra M. Shah, Lubna Al-Kazi, Abrar Husain)....Pages 123-142
 Outward Remittances from the Gulf  (Ismail H. Genc, George Naufal)....Pages 143-164
 South Asian Migrants and the Construction Sector of the Gulf  (Abdul-Rashid Abdul-Aziz, Abdul Lateef Olanrewaju, Abdullahi Umar Ahmed)....Pages 165-189
 Geopolitics of the Middle East and South Asia: Changing Relationships Through the Movement of Migrant Workers  (Kazuhide Iketaki)....Pages 191-210
Back Matter ....Pages 211-216