Table Of ContentMigration and Human Security in South Asia
Migration and Human
Security in South Asia
Editor
Pramod Jaiswal
Adroit Publishers
NEW DELHI • KATHMANDU
ISBN : 978-81-87393-62-7
2018
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Contents
Preface ............................................................................................................ix
Acknowledgement........................................................................................xiii
Contributors ..................................................................................................xv
Abbreviations..............................................................................................xvii
1. Migration and Gender in South Asia ............................................................1
Binodkumar Singh
2. Migration in India: A Case Study of Kari Anglong in Assam ..............17
Sriparna Pathak
3. International Labour Migration, Remittance and Impacts on .............30
Livelihood: A Case Study of Dalit Community in Western Nepal
Prakash Upadhyay
4. ‘Don’t Be in a Hurry to Belong’: South Asian Migration ......................46
Narratives in the Midwest
Catherine Borshuk and M. Gail Hickey
5. Internal Migration in South Asia: Perspectives, Pieces and Puzzles ....64
Kundan Mishra
6. India-Bangladesh Migration Issue: Effects and Consequences ............84
Shahnawaz Mantoo
7. Addressing the Issue of Natural Disaster as a Non-traditional ...........100
Security concern in South Asia within the Human Security
Perspective
Prasanta Kumar Sahu
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8. Intra-Regional Migration Practices and Rise of Anti ...........................109
immigrant Sentiment in South Asia
Shikha Gautam
9. Understanding Migration and Human Security: Trends and ............121
Implications of Bangladeshi Migrants in India
Oindrila Datta Gupta
10. Migration and Human Security: Meaning, Triggers and ....................142
Consequences
Aditi Paul
11. Climate Change Induced Migration in Bangladesh .............................152
Priyanshi Chauhan
Index ...........................................................................................................167
Preface
Migration and security has been widely studied in international relations and
political science. Migration is often presented as a threat to national sovereignty,
state security as well as to the economic, social and cultural well – being. On
security, all of the attention has been on national security, terrorism, extremism
and crime. Hence, there is an alternative concept, human security, which
emphasizes that the government’s responsibility is not only to protect the
territorial security and sovereign integrity of the state, but also the freedom and
rights of its citizens. Thus, the notion of human security provides an opportunity
to broaden our understanding of the economic, social and political challenges
associated with migration, from the place of origin, to transit, arrival and (re)
settlement in a new location. South Asia homes about one fourth of the world’s
population, making it both the most populous and the most densely populated
geographical region in the world. This region has witnessed mass migration as
many of the countries have emerged through partition.
The book consists of 11 chapters by scholars from India, Nepal and US on
different aspects of migration and human security of South Asia such as impact
of remittance on livelihood of Dalits of Nepal, illegal migration of Assam and
Bangladesh, impact of Climate change in migration, Rise of anti-immigrants
sentiments in South Asia and internal migration in South Asia.
Dr Binodkumar Singh highlights the main features of migration in South
Asia, impact and vulnerabilities of women migrants. He also discusses the
migration policies of South Asia.
Dr Sriparna Pathak explores the history of migration across porous borders
and examines how a mixture of languages leads to the shaping of identities.
Dr Prakash Upadhyay looks at the impact of remittance on the livelihood of
Dalit community of Western Nepal.
