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

Asian Migrant Workers in the Arab Gulf States (edited by Masako Ishii, Naomi Hosoda, Masaki Matsuo and Koji Horinuki) examines how nationals and migrants construct new relationships in the segregated socioeconomic spaces of the region (namely, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates). Instead of assuming that segregation is disadvantageous for migrant workers, it emphasizes multiple aspects and presents various voices. In this way, the book tries to unfold the region's segregated socioeconomic space, as well as its new forms of networking and connectedness, in order to understand how the various peoples coexist: a situation that often entails conflict and discrepancies between expectations and reality.

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