Contested Voices

1. Introduction: Structure and Agency

1. Introduction: Structure and Agency
Marianne Githens

Section 1. Defining Women Immigrants and Refugees

2. From Laissez-Faire to Regulation
Marianne Githens

3. Government Policies and Women Immigrants
Marianne Githens

4. Fleeing Calamity, Seeking Asylum
Marianne Githens

Section 2. Managing Social Pressures in the Workplace and Community

5. Ethnic Communities and the Construction of Identity
Marianne Githens

6. Between Dependence and Independence
Marianne Githens

Section 3. Immigrant Women Speaking for Themselves

7. Listening to Immigrant Women (Re)Creating Their Own Social Identity
Marianne Githens

Keywords: Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Political Science, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Migration