Temporary migrants from Southeast Asia in Australia : lost opportunities

Title
  1. Temporary migrants from Southeast Asia in Australia : lost opportunities / Juliet Pietsch, Griffith University.
Published by
  1. Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
  2. ©2022
Author
  1. Pietsch, Juliet

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Description
  1. 67 pages; 23 cm.
Summary
  1. "Much of the scholarship in development studies focuses on developing countries. However, many of the same issues can be seen in developed countries, where migrants now constitute a sizeable proportion of the poor and politically disenfranchised. In immigrant receiving countries such as Australia, temporary migrants in low-income households are most at risk of poor social and health outcomes. This research explores the experiences of temporary migrant workers from Southeast Asia in Australia, demonstrating that migrant workers, on the whole, live without a political voice or clear pathway to permanent residency and citizenship. The research is informed by Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum's theoretical framework of capabilities. One of the most critical capabilities is having a sense of political agency and control over one's environment. Given the significant increase in temporary migration flows around the world, this Element draws attention to the necessity of migrants to be provided with political capabilities"--
Series statement
  1. Cambridge elements. Elements in global development studies, 2634-0305
Subject
  1. Immigrants > Australia > Social conditions
  2. Noncitizens > Australia > Social conditions
  3. Southeast Asians > Australia > Social conditions
  4. Emigration and immigration
  5. Foreign workers
  6. Indochinese
  7. Australia > Economic aspects
  8. Australia
  9. Southeast Asia
Contents
  1. Introduction -- The migration-development nexus -- Incorporating a political rights framework -- Southeast Asian migrants in Australia -- Temporary migration experiences: A case study -- Discussion.
Owning institution
  1. Columbia University Libraries
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references.