Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS - 6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS - 10 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION - 14 CHAPTER 2: ENGENDERING MIGRATION THEORY - 20 CHAPTER 3: THE SENDING AND THE RECEIVING COUNTRY: BANGLADESH AND MALAYSIA - 46 CHAPTER 4: THE FIELD SETTING: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES REGARDING GENDER-SENSITIVE RESEARCH - 78 CHAPTER 5: WHY MIGRATE? - 100 CHAPTER 6: FROM DESIRE TO DECISION AND DEPARTURE - 130 CHAPTER 7: WORKING IN MALAYSIA’S EXPORT INDUSTRY: CONDITIONS AND WAGES - 152 CHAPTER 8: LIVING IN MALAYSIA: NEGOTIATING TWO CULTURES - 188 CHAPTER 9: BACK IN BANGLADESH: A NEW BEGINNING? - 218 CHAPTER 10: CONCLUSIONS - 266 REFERENCES - 292 SUMMARY - 310 SAMENVATTING - 314