Contested Voices

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction: Structure and Agency

   1. Introduction: Structure and Agency

      • Marianne Githens

      Pages 1-17

3. Defining Women Immigrants and Refugees

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19

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   2. From Laissez-Faire to Regulation

      • Marianne Githens

      Pages 21-38

   3. Government Policies and Women Immigrants

      • Marianne Githens

      Pages 39-62

   4. Fleeing Calamity, Seeking Asylum

      • Marianne Githens

      Pages 63-85

4. Managing Social Pressures in the Workplace and Community

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87

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   2. Ethnic Communities and the Construction of Identity

      • Marianne Githens

      Pages 89-107

   3. Between Dependence and Independence

      • Marianne Githens

      Pages 109-137

5. Immigrant Women Speaking for Themselves

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139

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   2. Listening to Immigrant Women (Re)Creating Their Own Social Identity

      • Marianne Githens

      Pages 141-157

6. Back Matter

   Pages 159-173

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A comprehensive and stimulating examination of how the migration of women affects attitudes in receiving countries, among the women themselves, and how changing women's attitudes shapes their relations with men and between generations within ethnic groups.

• Asylum
• government
• immigration
• migration
• migration policy
• Policy
• women
• work

"Contested Voices is a compelling and up-to-date book about women and immigration. Marianne Githens' gripping accounts reveal the global immigration dilemmas facing us today and the pressures and policies that got us here. By highlighting the intersecting impacts of gender, race, ethnicity, and religion, Contested Voices provides an important guide to understanding contemporary immigration issues and points to solutions for how we might best resolve the problems." - Shira Tarrant, Associate Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, California State University, USA

"Contested Voices is a must read for all interested in understanding the complex and gendered nature of immigration. Marianne Githens explores the numerous challenges confronting immigrant women and analyzes how these agents (re)construct their identities in the face of these constraints. Githens's tour de force is her examination of an impressive range of immigration experiences from a comparative and intersectional perspective." - Aleksandra Sznajder Lee, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Richmond, USA

Marianne Githens, Professor of Political Science and founder and previous director of Goucher College's Women's Studies Program, has written extensively on the topic of women and politics. An early work, A Portrait of Marginality, is widely regarded as a classic in the field. Her other publications include Different Roles, Different Voices, Abortion Politics, Public Policy in Cross Cultural Perspective, and numerous articles, including the well-known and frequently cited, 'Getting Appointed to the Court: The Gender Dimension." She has served as a major research consultant to the European Women Project sponsored by the European Union and to the television series Shoulder to Shoulder which dealt with the British suffrage movement. Professor Githens has received a number of awards including a NEH grant for research on American and European women's peace movements. Recently her research has focused on women immigrants and the various forces which affect their status and political role.

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