Bangladeshi Migration to Singapore: A Process-Oriented Approach
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Pictures -- List of Tables -- List of Non-English (Bengali) Words -- 1 Migration of Labour in the Global South: An Introduction -- Linking Migration Causes to Migration Outcomes -- Conceptualizing Migration as a Social Process -- Researching Bangladeshi Migration -- Research Methodology -- Fieldwork in Singapore -- Fieldwork in Bangladesh -- Structure of the Book -- 2 Immigration and Integration Policy in Singapore -- Immigration Research in Singapore -- Nature of Immigration Policy -- Broader Features of Immigration Policy in Singapore -- Classes of Non-resident Foreign Manpower in Singapore -- Employment Pass (EP) and Special (S) Pass for Professional and Skilled Foreign Manpower -- Work Permit (WP) for Semi-skilled Foreign Manpower -- Administrative and Legal Frameworks for Managing Foreigners -- Specific Policies Targeting Semi-skilled Foreign Workers -- Pathways of Professional, Skilled, and Semi-skilled Foreigners -- Integration of Immigrants and Emigrants into the Singapore Society -- 3 Social Imperatives of Labour Migration -- Social Organizations in a Bangladeshi Village -- Claiming Social Status: From Traditional Tools to New Tools -- Relative Social Status: A Crucial Sending-End Factor -- The Geographical Imagination: Perception of Bidesh -- Migration, Remigration, and the Cultural Notion of Work -- The Diminishing Role of Conventional Education -- 4 Channelling Bangladeshi Migrants to Singapore -- Interplay Between Networks and Institutions -- The Migrant Network Sphere -- Social Bases of Network-Assisted Migration -- Formation and Operation of Migrant Networks -- The Recruitment Sphere -- The Recruitment Structure -- The Economic Aspect of Recruitment -- Reciprocity and Migration -- The Other Side of Social Capital -- 5 Social Worlds of Migrants in Singapore
