Sri Lankas Remittance Economy - A Multiscalar Analysis of Migration-Underdevelopment

This book demonstrates how cumulatively causal processes at structural, institutional and agency levels have forged a precariously remittance-dependent economy in Sri Lanka.

List of contents

1 The History of Migration-Development; 2 The Political Economy of Uneven Development and in Sri Lanka; 3 In Search of the ‘Good Life’: Uneven Development and Forced Migration; 4 The Cost of Being Exploited: Fees, Debts and the Merchants of Labour; 5 Manufacturing Success: Status and the Re-socialisation of Migrant Labour; 6 Remittances and the Financing of Uneven Development; 7 The Unequal ‘Wins’ of Temporary Labour Migration; 8 Conclusion: Migration-Underdevelopment

About the author

Matt Withers is a research fellow in the Department of Sociology at Macquarie University, Australia. His research is concerned with the political economy of temporary labour migration and the developmental implications of remittances both in Sri Lanka and throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

Summary

This book demonstrates how cumulatively causal processes at structural, institutional and agency levels have forged a precariously remittance-dependent economy in Sri Lanka.

Product details

• Authors: Matt Withers
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9781032401508
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3240150-8
• No. of pages: 188
• Series: Routledge Series on Asian Migration
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sri Lanka, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Political structure & processes, Migration, immigration & emigration, Political Economy, Migration, immigration and emigration, Development Studies, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Political structure and processes