Edited by Katie Willis, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK and Brenda Yeoh, Raffles Professor of Social Sciences, Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, Singapore

'. . . introduces the reader to a range of informative, interesting, persuasive and well-argued papers on gender and migration. As such, it represents an important and overdue acknowledgement of the centrality of gender to explanations and accounts of international migration.'

• Contents:Acknowledgements • IntroductionPart I:Gender and Migration Theory1. Caroline Wright (1995), ‘Gender Awareness in Migration Theory: Synthesizing Actor and Structure in Southern Africa’Part II:Households and Reproduction2. Hania Zlotnik (1995), ‘Migration and the Family: The Female Perspective’3. Sylvia Chant (1991), ‘Gender, Migration and Urban Development in Costa Rica: The Case of Guanacaste’Part III:Gender and International Labour Migration4. Thanh-Dam Truong (1996), ‘Gender, International Migration and Social Reproduction: Implications for Theory, Policy, Research and Networking’5. Mirjana Morokvasic (1993), ‘“In and Out” of the Labour Market: Immigrant Women in Europe’Part IV:Circular Migration6. Mark Ellis, Dennis Conway and Adrian J. Bailey (1996), ‘The Circular Migration of Puerto Rican Women: Towards a Gendered Explanation’Part V:Migration as Gendered Work7. Janet W. Salaff (1997), ‘The Gendered Social Organization of Migration as Work’Part VI:Migration and Gender Relations8. Nazli Kibria (1990), ‘Power, Patriarchy, and Gender Conflict in the Vietnamese Immigrant Community’9. Patricia R. Pessar (1994), ‘Sweatshop Workers and Domestic Ideologies: Dominican Women in New York’s Apparel Industry’Part VII:Social Constructions of Female Migrants10. Lesley Gill (1993), ‘“Proper Women” and City Pleasures: Gender, Class, and Contested Meanings in La Paz’11. Richa Nagar (1998), ‘Communal Discourses, Marriage, and the Politics of Gendered Social Boundaries among South Asian Immigrants in Tanzania’12. Brenda S.A. Yeoh and Shirlena Huang (1998), ‘Negotiating Public Space: Strategies and Styles of Migrant Female Domestic Workers in Singapore’Part VIII:Gender, Migration and Constructions of National Identity13. Julia Bush (1994), ‘“The Right Sort of Woman”: Female Emigrators and Emigration to the British Empire, 1890–1910’Part IX:Gender and Transnationalism14. Marixsa Alicea (1997), ‘“A Chambered Nautilus”: The Contradictory Nature of Puerto Rican Women’s Role in the Social Construction of a Transnational Community’15. Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo and Ernestine Avila (1997), ‘“I’m Here, But I’m There”: The Meanings of Latina Transnational Motherhood’Part X: Gendered Participation in Immigrant Politics16. Michael Jones-Correa (1998), ‘Different Paths: Gender, Immigration and Political Participation’Part XI:Gender, Migration and Citizenship17. Daiva Stasiulis and Abigail B. Bakan (1997), ‘Negotiating Citizenship: The Case of Foreign Domestic Workers in Canada’Part XII:Accompanying Spouses18. Brenda S.A. Yeoh and Louise-May Khoo (1998), ‘Home, Work and Community: Skilled International Migration and Expatriate Women in Singapore’19. Arpita Chattopadhyay (1997), ‘Family Migration and the Economic Status of Women in Malaysia’Part XIII:Women ‘Left Behind’20. Bridget O'Laughlin (1998), ‘Missing Men? The Debate Over Rural Poverty and Women-headed Households in Southern Africa’Part XIV:Gender and Refugees21. Eve Hall (1990), ‘Vocational Training for Women Refugees in Africa’Name Index