Asian migrant workers in the Arab Gulf States : the growing foreign population and their lives

Acknowledgements Notes on Editors Introduction: Socioeconomic Spaces and Migrants' Lives in the Arab Gulf States Masaki Matsuo, Naomi Hosoda, Koji Horinuki and Masako Ishii Part 1: Migration Policy and the Relationship between Nationals and Migrant Workers 1 International Labor Migration and the Arab Gulf States: Trends, Institutions, and Relations Koji Horinuki 2 Political Economy of the Labor Market in the Arab Gulf States Masaki Matsuo Excursus 1: What Are the Arab Gulf States? Masaki Matsuo and Koji Horinuki Excursus 2: Economic Development in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Doha Sadashi Fukuda 3 Gender and "Tradition": Power Negotiation between Employers and Domestic Workers in Saudi Arabia Namie Tsujigami 4 In/Dependence of the Local and Dependence of the Foreign: The UAE Family, Domestic Service, and a Precarious Future Rima Sabban 5 Enhancing Resilience: The Roles of Pre-departure Programs for the Migrant Domestic Workers toward Arab Gulf States Akiko Watanabe Part 2: Lives, Community, and Networks among Asian Migrant Workers 6 Formal and Informal Protection for Domestic Workers: A Case of Filipinas Masako Ishii 7 Survival Strategies and Migrant Communities in the Arab Gulf States: A Case of Filipino Workers in the UAE Naomi Hosoda 8 Does Religious Conversion Transcend the Boundaries of Multiple Hierarchies? Filipino Migrant Workers Embracing Islam in the UAE and Qatar Akiko Watanabe 9 Transnational Community Networks of Goan Migrant Workers Kyoko Matsukawa Excursus 3: Recruitment of Bangladeshi Migrants in the Arab Gulf States: A Typology of Work Visas Md Mizanur Rahman Excursus 4: An Indian Expatriate's Perspective about the UAE N. Janardhan Excursus 5: Education, Career, and the Future of Middle-Class Asian Children Kyoko Matsukawa and Naomi Hosoda Index