Frontmatter 1
Contents 5
Acknowledgements 7
List of Figures 9
List of Abbreviations 11
Introduction 13
1.1 Nepali Labor Migration in the Global Economy 15
1.2 Research Approach and Guiding Questions 17
1.3 Structure of the Book 19
Introduction 23
2.1 Towards a Political Geography of Labor Migration 24
2.2 Conceptualizing the Governmentality of Migration 35
2.3 The Marketization of Migrant Labor 64
2.4 Assembling the Conceptual Building Blocks 69
Introduction 73
3.1 Identifying the Research Context 74
3.2 Ethnographic Research Approach and Practice 76
3.3 Specific Tools of Analysis 89
Introduction 101
4.1 Governing through Recruitment 103
4.2 Governing Market Encounters 167
4.3 Governing through Instruction 230
4.4 Discussion: Governing Nepali Labor Migration and Migrant Subjectivities 304
Introduction 327
5.1 Governing Nepali Migrant Subjects—a Synopsis 328
5.2 Conceptual and Methodological Contributions 330
5.3 Empirical Contributions and Implications 332
Article's References 337
Newspaper Articles 363
Cited Primary Sources 368
Example 1: Guideline Recruitment Agencies (2018) 373
Example 2: Guideline Technical Skill Training Institutes (2018 374