1st Edition
Migration, Diaspora, and Development A South Asian Perspective
Introduction
Ajaya K. Sahoo
1. Leaving for Living? Factors and Dynamics behind Bangladeshi Female Migration to the Gulf States
Jinat Hossain
2. Irregular Emigration from Indian Punjab: Nature and Causes
Kulwinder Singh, Naresh Singla and Nirvair Singh
3. Goa to Paris: Migration Trajectories, Settlement Struggles, and Social Networks
Irene Silveira
4. The Backstage of Pakistani Businesses in Barcelona: Unravelling Strategies from the Ground
Berta Güell
5. Examining the Factors That Affect the Employment Status of Racialised Immigrants: A Study of Bangladeshi Immigrants in Toronto, Canada
Marshia Akbar
6. Occupational Distribution and Mobility of Migrants born in South Asia: Evidence from England/Wales Census, 1901–1911
Raaj Tiagi
7. Covid-19 Lockdowns and the Precarity of South Asian Key Workers’ Families in the United Kingdom
Rizwana Yousaf
8. Debt-Financed Emigration, Migration Experience, and Household Economy: Insight from Kerala, India
Manoj Paul and Sourav Mandal
9. Remittances Flows to Farm Households in Rural Punjab: An Empirical Analysis
Gurjinder Kaur and Jaswinder Singh Brar
10. The Paradox of Citizenship and Nationality among Tibetans Living in India
Joanna Pereira Coelho
Biography
Ajaya K. Sahoo is Professor and Head of the Centre for Study of Indian Diaspora at the University of Hyderabad, India. His research interests include migration, South Asian diaspora, and transnationalism. Some of his recent publications include the Routledge Handbook of South Asian Migrations (2024) and the Routledge Handbook of Asian Transnationalism (2023).
