Contested voices : women immigrants in today's world /
Githens, Marianne.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-166) and index.
Introduction: Structure and agency: The discourse on immigration -- From laissez-faire to regulation: The emergence of immigration policy -- Government policies and women immigrants: Establishing conditions and constructing identities -- Fleeing calamity, seeking asylum: Women and refugee policy -- Ethnic communities and the construction of identity -- Between dependence and independence: Immigrant women in the work force -- Listening to immigrant women (re)creating their own social identity.
Women immigrants.
Emigration and immigration
Immigrants