Dreaming Mobility and Buying Vulnerability - Overseas Recruitment Practices in India

Informationen zum Autor S. Irudaya Rajan is Chair Professor of the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) Research Unit on International Migration, Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. V. J. Varghese is Assistant Professor at Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. M. S. Jayakumar is Assistant Professor and Assistant Director at Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy (CSSEIP), Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala. Klappentext The book is a pioneering attempt to explore the overseas labour recruitment system and practices in India, with its multiple layers and levels of alleged corruption and fraudulence, and to propose the principles of a new institution of emigration governance that ensures minimal social and transaction costs. Zusammenfassung The book is a pioneering attempt to explore the overseas labour recruitment system and practices in India, with its multiple layers and levels of alleged corruption and fraudulence, and to propose the principles of a new institution of emigration governance that ensures minimal social and transaction costs. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables, Figures and Abbreviations. Preface Introduction 1. Making of the Institution 2. Process of Emigration: Mounting Costs and Paltry Returns 3. Vulnerability, Intensity of Corruption and Institutional Failure 4. Between Unfettered and Controlled Informality: Testimonies of an Enervated Institution 5. Summary and Recommendations Appendix I: Emigration Act, 1922 Appendix II: Emigration Act, 1983 Appendix III: Emigration (Amendment) Rules, 2009. About the Authors. Index.

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• Authors: M. S. Jayakumar, Jayakumar M. S., S. Irudaya Rajan, S. Irudaya Varghese Rajan, Rajan S. Irudaya, V. J. Varghese, Varghese V. J.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.10.2011
• EAN: 9780415687652
• ISBN: 978-0-415-68765-2
• No. of pages: 252
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Business & Economics / General, Economics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LAW / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Social groups, Politics & government, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Social groups, communities and identities, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General