Despite the considerable work in feminist scholarship and in migration research over the past couple of decades, about five years ago some scholars noticed that there was little or no attention being paid to the interface between them, especially in the nonindustrialized world. The 18 studies here report on the progress since then and mark out the extensive area yet to be explored. They discuss such aspects as a longitudinal and regional analysis of gender-specific social and spatial mobilities in England and Wales 1981-91, gender differentials in the employment consequences of migration, the joint decision-making process in the residential relocation of couples, and gender issues in Irish rural out-migration. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
The subject of migration has traditionally been analysed through the lens of economic factors. The importance of adopting a gender sensitive perspective to academic work is now generally appreciated. Migration and Gender in the Developed World contains chapters from a diverse range of leading contributors who apply such a perspective to the study of migration in the countries of the developed world. Each chapter demonstrates how migration is highly gendered, with the experiences of women and men often varying markedly in different migration situations. The volume covers a wide range of migration issues and draws out the importance of gender issues in each area, including: dual career households regional migration patterns emigration from Ireland and Hong Kong elderly migration the migration decision-making process and the costs and benefits attached to migration Approaching the subject from a variety of academic traditions including Geography, Sociology and Social Policy, the volume combines both quantitative analysis of factual data and qualitative analysis of interview material to demonstrate the importance of studying migration through gender sensitive ey
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