5.2 Conceptual and Methodological Contributions

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Acknowledgements 7
4. List of Figures 9
5. List of Abbreviations 11
6. 1 Introduction
7. Introduction 13
8. 1.1 Nepali Labor Migration in the Global Economy 15
9. 1.2 Research Approach and Guiding Questions 17
10. 1.3 Structure of the Book 19
11. 2 Conceptual Framework
12. Introduction 23
13. 2.1 Towards a Political Geography of Labor Migration 24
14. 2.2 Conceptualizing the Governmentality of Migration 35
15. 2.3 The Marketization of Migrant Labor 64
16. 2.4 Assembling the Conceptual Building Blocks 69
17. 3 Methodological Approaches towards an Ethnography of Government
18. Introduction 73
19. 3.1 Identifying the Research Context 74
20. 3.2 Ethnographic Research Approach and Practice 76
21. 3.3 Specific Tools of Analysis 89
22. 4 Analysis: The Governmentality of Nepali Labor Migration
23. Introduction 101
24. 4.1 Governing through Recruitment 103
25. 4.2 Governing Market Encounters 167
26. 4.3 Governing through Instruction 230
27. 4.4 Discussion: Governing Nepali Labor Migration and Migrant Subjectivities 304
28. 5 Conclusion
29. Introduction 327
30. 5.1 Governing Nepali Migrant Subjects—a Synopsis 328
31. 5.2 Conceptual and Methodological Contributions 330
32. 5.3 Empirical Contributions and Implications 332
33. References
34. Article's References 337
35. Newspaper Articles 363
36. Cited Primary Sources 368
37. Appendix: Interview Guidelines
38. Example 1: Guideline Recruitment Agencies (2018) 373
39. Example 2: Guideline Technical Skill Training Institutes (2018 374